I quickly checked the living room, bedroom, kitchen, study, maid's room, and bathroom, and found that they were all empty.
Yang Shuo knew that something must have happened!
He quickly came to the phone and was about to notify the station to send someone over. The curtain suddenly moved, and it looked like someone was hiding inside.
Yang Shuo held the gun in both hands, walked slowly closer, and shouted sternly: "Who? Come out! If you don't come out, I will shoot!"
"Don't shoot, don't shoot, I'm coming out..." Hou San raised his hands high and turned out from behind the curtain in panic.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Hou San, Mr. Wang asked me to come..."
Yang Shuo asked: "Where did An Linyue go?"
Hou San looked confused: "An Linyue... I don't know him."
"What about the rest?"
"What, what other people?"
"Where have all the guests at the cocktail party gone?"
"There are no guests. Except for Mr. Wang, I am the only one at home."
"Alone? There were clearly a lot of people talking just now. I heard them clearly outside the door!"
Hou San grinned: "That's ventriloquism, I imitated it all by myself. If you don't believe it, I'll learn one for you... Please get me a glass of champagne, thank you."
Yang Shuo was really startled when he suddenly heard a woman's voice. Now he understood to some extent that there was no such thing as a cocktail party and guests. All the sounds came from Hou San's mouth.
"That Mr. Wang you mentioned, where is he?"
"In the bedroom."
"The bedroom is empty."
"Ah? Maybe you heard the gunfire and hid in fear?"
Yang Shuo knew very well that if this was a premeditated plan, Mr. Wang would have run away long ago. He just saw a chair placed by the back window with messy footprints on it.
Hou San asked tentatively: "Sir, are you a policeman or a gang member?"
Yang Shuo glared at him and shouted: "Turn around, put your head in your hands, and squat down!"
Hou San said with a bitter face: "Brother, if you have any trouble with this family, that's your business. I'm just here to perform ventriloquism..."
"If you dare to say another word, I will kill you right now!" Yang Shuo came alone. Even when facing an unknown Hou San, he did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
Facing the dark muzzle of the gun, Hou San had no choice but to act as he was told, turned around and squatted in the corner with his head in his hands.
Yang Shuo picked up the phone, first called the spy at the surveillance point, and then dialed Qiao Muchai's home number: "Stationmaster, something happened, An Linyue is missing..."
Half an hour later, a group of people including Qiao Mucai, Feng Qingshan, including people from the intelligence office and the action team arrived at Wuyangwuyang.
After a thorough search, they found the tied-up servant Xu Ma. She was huddled in the bedroom closet with a towel stuffed in her mouth and sweating profusely.
The agent removed the towel from Xu Ma's mouth and asked, "Who tied you in the closet?"
"Two strangers, they both have guns." Xu Ma said with lingering fear.
"Where did An Linyue go?"
"have no idea."
Qiao Muchai said: "Director Feng, call the police station immediately. At the train station, long-distance bus station, dock, and all the ways out of Yanjin, additional police forces must be deployed to set up checkpoints and check. We must find An Linyue!"
"Yes." Feng Qingshan hurriedly called.
Qiao Mu turned around and looked at Hou San who was squatting on the ground: "Tell me what's going on. Don't miss a word!"
Seeing such a huge formation, Hou San did not dare to hide anything and said: "Yesterday at noon, a Mr. Wang came to me and gave me a sum of money, saying that I would perform ventriloquist at home tonight.
There is extra reward..."
"Who was there when you performed?"
"No one is present... Oh, Mr. Wang said it would be more interesting to listen through the door. He is the boss. I will do whatever he says."
Yang Shuo said from the side: "When I knocked on the door, why didn't you open the door?"
Hou San said: "Mr. Wang has given instructions in advance that no matter what happens, the performance is not allowed to be interrupted. If it is interrupted, not a penny will be paid."
"Did you come up with the content of the performance yourself?"
"No, no, it was Mr. Wang who taught me sentence by sentence..."
There is no need to ask what happened next. Yang Shuo fired a gun outside the door. Hou San realized the seriousness of the matter. He was worried that the gang was seeking revenge and implicated himself, so he hid behind the curtain.
A special agent came close to Qiao Mucai and said in a low voice: "Webmaster, I know this Hou San. He is a native of Yanjin and often sets up shop in the Zhongyuan Department Store area."
Qiao Mucai slowly sat on the sofa, frowned and pondered for a long time, and then ordered: "Take Hou San back first."
Hou San hurriedly said: "Sir, this has nothing to do with me. How did I know Mr. Wang was a bad person?"
Qiao Mucai said calmly: "We still need to further verify your true identity, including what you said."
Hou San still wanted to defend himself, but was pushed and taken away by the agents.
Feng Qingshan said: "Stationmaster, you don't need to be too anxious. Judging from the time, An Linyue should still be in the city. As long as we block the land and sea channels from Tianjin, he will definitely not be able to escape!"
Qiao Mu was silent for a moment, sighed softly, and said, "I have a bad feeling that An Linyue may have left Yanjin..."
"This is unlikely, isn't it?"
"The Communist Party is obviously involved in this matter. Do you think they would help An Linyue escape if they were not completely sure?"
Feng Qingshan thought for a while: "Chief Yang discovered it very timely. I guess the Communist Party didn't expect this either. We blocked the land and sea channels..."
"Sea and land access...are there any planes leaving Yanjin tonight?"
"I don't know. However, the airport has always been under military control. The Communist Party shouldn't have the guts to go to the airport, right?"
"If there are hidden personnel of the Communist Party in the garrison, and their positions are not low, then it is possible... Director Feng, please call the airport immediately and say it is Nanjing's intention. There is no order from the Secrecy Bureau. No one will be allowed to do anything tonight."
The plane is not allowed to take off!"
"clear!"
…………
an hour ago.
A black car sped through the night. In addition to the anxious An Linyue, there were also Wang Zhigang and two national army soldiers in military uniforms.
"Mr. Wang, where are we going?" An Linyue asked.
Wang Zhigang said: "Go to the liberated areas."
An Linyue glanced at his watch and said: "If I remember correctly, there will be the last passenger ship at nine o'clock. I don't know where the long-distance bus station is. After all, I have been away from my hometown for too long..."
"If the enemy were fast enough, they would have blocked the land and sea channels."
"Ah? What should we do?"
Wang Zhigang smiled: "Don't worry, we will send you away from Yanjin in other ways."
Seeing that Wang Zhigang was calm and composed, An Linyue also breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Your party is full of talents, which is really admirable. It seems that An's choice is right..."