Chapter 334 - The Crisis! (1/2)

Chapter 334 The Crisis!After his speech, the old commander walked out of the classroom with the applause of the whole class.

In the doorway, Chen Yinsheng stood aside respectfully.

“Principal Chen.” Walking out of the classroom, the old commander looked at Chen Yinsheng with a smile on his face. “I heard that there is a Yaowang Mountain in your school. May I have a look?”

“Of course, please come with me.” Chen Yinsheng immediately agreed.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a suit suddenly walked to the old commander, whispering.

“Commander, I’ve observed the location of Yaowang Mountain. There’s a dense forest. Maybe we can just have a tour in open spaces. We’d better not go deep into the forest and grassland,” The middle-aged man said seriously to the old commander.

However, hearing what he said, the old commander said with a smile, “Maybe I shouldn’t go anywhere.”

The middle-aged man froze.

He was the head of security on this inspection, so he had to take any threat into account so as to keep the old commander safe.

However, the old commander didn’t seem happy about that.

“It’s just one life.” Looking at the head of security, the old commander said indifferently, “I have been on the battlefield and I’ve survived it. Do you think I’ll be afraid of death?”

“Well…” The head of security pondered for a moment and said, “Commander, of course, I dare not restrict your freedom, but the situation is special. I hope you can always keep alert. And I’ll never let you out of my sight.”

Even though they had carefully inspected the whole school and the Yaowang Mountain last night, the head of security was still worried about the commander’s safety.

“That’s what I’m talking about.”

The old commander smiled and nodded, walking toward the mountain.

Chen Yinsheng followed behind.

He didn’t even have the chance to get a little closer to the commander. Completely isolated by the security personnel, Chen Yinsheng could talk to the commander occasionally only by tiptoeing and looking at him over the security personnel’s shoulders.

Walking out of the teaching building, a group of people soon came to the foot of the Yaowang Mountain.

There was a path led to the superintendent’s office, which was halfway up the hill.

Walking on the path, the old commander said, “Good. I can smell the herbs on the way.”

As he walked, he nodded his head in satisfaction and continued, “This is the real herbal medicine given by nature. We should promote this planting and management method, which can make herbal medicine grow naturally.

“It can not only beautify our motherland but also can grow precious medicinal herbs, which can greatly help green the environment. We can’t miss such a good thing.”

Everyone nodded.

The head of security, however, was frowning. He seemed not to be listening at all, but to concentrate on the trees and grass around him.

The reason why the mountain was covered in lush green vegetation was that Central Lake provided enough water supply not far away. In addition, this was the place where the medicine was grown. In order to ensure the medicinal properties, the superintendent of Yaowang Mountain would often do something to make the land fertile, such as using some pollution-free natural fertilizer and so on.

Although it looked quite pleasant, that was what made it so easy to hide in these woods.

A place like this was the most dangerous.

Fortunately, there were enough security personnel. They made the old commander as the center, surrounding him from every direction while leaving enough personal space for him at the same time.

After a while, a group of people came halfway up the mountain.

In order to facilitate the management, open spaces were built here. There were several fields of medicine apart from the Yaowang Mountain superintendent’s office.

At the moment, Zhu Benzheng and the other two boys were helping to do some work there. As for the wild herbs in the forest, the superintendent would never let them go near to them.

“Nice place.” Standing in the open space, the old commander exclaimed, “With such fresh air, I feel like we’re in a land of idyllic beauty. It would be great if I could live in a place like this. What a pity…”

Hearing that, everyone smiled wryly.

Although he had retired, since the day he officially became one of the heads of state, he couldn’t just do whatever he wanted to do. For him, it was doomed to be only a dream to live a quiet life in the mountains.

There was nothing unusual about the journey, so the head of security finally relieved while the other security personnel was still very cautious.

“Come on, let’s go to the medical field.” The old commander was in such a good mood, so he walked towards the medical field.

People were following behind.

But then, “Poof!” a faint sound was heard.

That was gunfire!

It was a silenced gunshot.

“Watch out!”

When many people didn’t hear the sound of gunfire, a young man dressed in a military uniform immediately sensed the danger as soon as he heard the gunfire.

Therefore, he rushed forward and covered the old commander who was about to take a step, flinging him to the ground.

Meanwhile, the bullet landed on the yellow land in front of the commander, causing a burst of yellow dust.

“Keep your eyes open.” The head of the security’s face fell. That was so close!

Immediately he opened his mouth, “Protect the old commander!”

When that came out, more than a dozen security personnel around immediately gathered in groups, surrounding the commander. Not even a hair of him was exposed.