C72 (1/2)
”What do you want?” After I pressed the answer button, the watchman said to Jiang Shan, ”You won't be able to escape. It's best if you don't make unnecessary struggles!”
”I'm sorry …” For some reason, Jiang Shan apologized to me, followed by a few seconds of silence. I didn't answer him, but waited for him quietly. After about a minute, I heard Jiang Shan sigh and say, ”I've caused you trouble!”
”That's what you wanted to say when you called me?!” At this moment, I was very angry. I forcefully suppressed the anger in my heart and coldly laughed, ”Do you want to beg me to catch you when the time comes?”
”Not really!” It seemed like he was lighting a cigarette. A while later, he heard the heavy breathing of someone on the other end of the phone as he said to me, ”It can be considered a threat, Professor Liang and Comrade Wang Meiqing are both in my hands. Moreover, your partner is also heavily injured, I don't want to …”
Jiang Shan didn't continue speaking. At this moment, my heart was also extremely anxious. I felt that something was very wrong with Jiang Shan's condition. He didn't seem to be that concerned about escaping. Instead, he gave me the illusion that he was breaking down.
I asked him, ”Do you want a life and death struggle?”
”Hehe …” On the other end of the phone, Jiang Shan smiled. ”You are all good people. Good people should be rewarded. I hope you can trust me!”
”I'm sorry, I can't trust you!” ”Do you take me for a fool?”
”Then what do you want?!” Jiang Shan's tone of voice instantly became very cold. He said to me, ”My patience is limited. If you insist on this, I won't be able to guarantee their safety!”
My heart chills. It seems that Jiang Shan is like a dead pig that isn't afraid of boiling water. The tone of his voice is very decisive. If I continue to insist on my opinion, I really can't guarantee whether he will be able to do something stupid or not.
From what County Head Mu said to me just now, it's not hard to tell that they are trying to complete some kind of ceremony. Their attitude was very firm, and it could be seen that this ceremony was extremely important to them.
What kind of ceremony was this? Now that Elder Liang and Auntie Wang have fallen into their hands, even though Jiang Shan promised me that he would ensure their safety afterwards, I can't guarantee that they won't go back on their word.
I held the phone for a long time in silence thinking, Jiang Shan did not hang up the phone, it seems that he was very patient. I looked at my watch. Ten minutes had passed, and it would take the SWAT team about three hours to get there.
Right now, it was ten o'clock in the evening, and three hours later would be the first hour of dawn. By that time, the County Head Mu's ceremony would have definitely been over, if they did not fulfill their promise, wouldn't the two of them be in danger?
No!
I really can't sit still. I'm not a coward, and at the same time I'm not a deserter who abandons his comrades. Besides, both of them had watched me grow up, and I couldn't possibly ignore them.
”Let's make a deal!” After thinking about it for a long time, I said to Jiang Shan, ”It's suitable for you to trade me for them!”
I continued, ”My name is Lu Xiaochuan, my father is the leader. You know my dual identity, I am the best choice to be your hostage!”
”Aren't you afraid?” Jiang Shan asked me doubtfully.
”Ha …” I smiled. ”What are you afraid of?” Unlike some people who can only live in a dark basement! ”Can you do it, say something!”
”… …”
Twenty minutes later …
I saw Jiang Shan at the entrance of the Shanghe County Public Security Bureau. He looked to be in a miserable state, his head was wrapped in thick gauze, and his face was full of stubble. In his hand was a pitch black handgun. He grabbed Elder Liang's arm with one hand and pointed the gun at Elder Liang's temple with the other.
Slowly pulling to the side of the road, I didn't get off the car in a hurry. Instead, I pressed the earplugs in my ears, ”Little Wei, is everything ready?”
”En!” Wei Shijie said to me: ”Don't worry, as long as he is in place, I will inform you. Brother Little Chuan, pay attention to your safety, don't be reckless!”
”Alright!”
Walking out of the car alone, I found that the lights in the courtyard of the Public Security Bureau were now brightly lit. A group of people wearing big red robes were kneeling around the rough old locust tree in an orderly fashion. They were kowtowing in a pious manner and seemed to be chanting some kind of incantation.
Since my position was a little far from the locust tree, and with the barricade of iron fences outside the Public Security Bureau, I could not see the situation clearly.