About ten minutes later, a Jinbei bread stopped downstairs in the hotel, with a local license plate, and the windows except for the front windshield were all uniform dark brown glass, making it difficult to see the inside from the outside.

Two men got out of the car, a middle-aged man, with a stout body, and a relatively young person, with an ordinary body shape and appearance, the two entered the hotel one after the other, said a few words in front of the reception desk, and then went straight to the second floor.

Tao Meng's room where they lived was in room 219, turned left on the stairs, and had to walk to the end of the corridor, observing from the upstairs window, these two people may be waiting for their peers, but at this time they must be extra vigilant, the two glanced at each other, taking advantage of the gap in each other's travel, Tao Meng simply checked the weapons on his body, and sat on An Yongxiang's side, Liu Yongzhi repeatedly passed through the window facing the street, carefully checked the situation around the hotel, but did not find anything abnormal.

There was a knock on the door, and Liu Yongzhi signaled to be prepared in case of emergency, and then opened the door.

"Hello, may I ask who is Comrade Tao?" Standing at the door was the middle-aged man, dressed in a gray Mao suit, with a ruddy complexion, a dignified appearance, and a frontal portrait that looked younger, but a little bit of thanks.

"You are?"

"We talked on the phone just now, Wen Feng of Baoshan City Bureau. As the other party spoke, he took out his ID and shook it.

"It's coming so fast, please come in, please come in. * No longer doubted, and hurriedly turned sideways to let people into the house, at this time, Tao Meng also stood up, "I am the ninth field worker, Tao Meng, the two of you work hard." ”

"Ahh The middle-aged man snorted, mistook Liu Yongzhi for Tao Meng, made a joke, and hurriedly introduced, "This is my partner, Ji Xuejun." ”

The four of them were simple and polite again, Wen Feng and the others all noticed An Yongxiang who was shrinking in the corner, this person's face was gray, but his eyes were bright, and he was grunting around just now, and after seeing the two of them paying attention to him, he immediately retracted his gaze again.

"Time is urgent, why don't you set off now?" Tao Meng was naturally in a hurry to go back, and escorted An Yongxiang, most afraid of extraneous branches.

"No problem, it's a long way away, it's the first time we met, I should have treated you to a light meal. Wen Feng was very polite.

"There's still a chance, and this time it's a special situation. ”

"Okay, then I won't be verbose. The car is downstairs, we are responsible for sending the two of us to Kunhe, there are comrades from the provincial department to help book tickets, arrange for you to board the plane, and then send the information over, I give you the number of Li Xianghe of the provincial department. As Wen Feng spoke, he took out his mobile phone and quickly operated it, and Tao Meng immediately received a text message.

"Thanks, let's go now. ”

A group of five people, Yuguan walked out of the hotel, Wen Feng and Liu Yongzhi were in front, Tao Meng escorted An Yongxiang in the middle, this guy was handcuffed, Tao Meng put a dress on him to cover up, to prevent unnecessary trouble, Ji Xuejun was at the end.

In addition to one driver in the Jinbei car, there was no one else, the space of the full eleven was large enough, Tao Meng escorted An Yongxiang to sit on the double row of seats in the first row, in order to facilitate the observation of the situation ahead, Ji Xuejun sat behind them intentionally or unintentionally, Wen Feng accompanied Liu Yongzhi, and sat on the other side one after the other.

"Old Gu, let's go, it's hard!" Wen Feng commanded, and pulled the car door shut.

"Okay, sit down. Lao Gu was very optimistic, turned around and smiled at everyone, started the car unhurriedly, the van slowly drove out of the small street, and got on the main road of the county seat, which began to accelerate, and at first glance he was a very experienced old driver.

"There is only a short stretch of highway from the county to Kunhe, and most of them have to take provincial roads, so the time is longer, and if you don't stop all the way, it will take at least six hours. Wen Feng took the initiative to introduce the itinerary, "So, hurry up and rest on the road, there is no way, the transportation facilities in southern Yunnan are still relatively backward." ”

"It doesn't matter, it's already good, it's just causing you trouble along the way. Tao Meng was polite.

"Whatever trouble you talk about, it's all about work. We stop every two hours to take a break, although there is no service area on the provincial highway like the highway, but every other section, there are restaurants and shops, the next stop is to have a meal together, eat and drink enough to hurry. In the warm introduction, Wen Feng sent out an invitation again, full of enthusiasm.

"I'm so much trouble for you. Tao Meng was noncommittal, but he couldn't always give people face, so his answer was vague.

Liu Yongzhi has not said a word since he left the hotel, he leaned back in his seat, looking like he was pretending to sleep, but in fact he was vigilant about everything around him, for some reason, he always felt that there would be dangers on the way, not blind guessing, but the experience and feeling accumulated from years of field work, he believed that Tao Meng would feel the same way as him.

It has just been two years since he was transferred to the 'Ranger', * and Tao Meng have the most temper, and often go out on missions together, the two are also old partners, they have been cooperating very well, and they are very compatible, speaking of being transferred to the 'Ranger', this can be traced back to Li Tianji's trip to southern Yunnan a few years ago, that mission, the 'Ranger' suffered a heavy blow, Guo Yaowu sacrificed, and Yuan Hua became no one and no ghost.

At that time, the luck was not good, the instructor was implicated because of Li Tianji's matter, and he was addicted for a while, but he still tried his best to keep the group, and looked for opportunities to find excellent field personnel to supplement and adjust the 'ranger', determined to rebuild an invincible excellent field team, Liu Yongzhi was favored by the instructor in this context, he was from Xishan Province, and he actually came to a reversal with Shen Yingjie.

* Naturally, I have also heard about the past of this group, and I have also heard that there was a very powerful 'shadow member', and then disappeared, and every old team member is very taboo about the 'shadow member', but Xu Wen should know more, otherwise he would not have inadvertently revealed this operation, and it seems to have a lot to do with this long-missing 'shadow member'.

"I remember, three years ago or four years ago, we also cooperated with a nine-place operation, and we were on the periphery at that time, but we were very nervous, and we didn't close our eyes for three days and three nights. In the boring driving, Wen Feng seemed bored, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Tao Meng and Liu Yongzhi respectively.

Tao Meng is not addicted to smoking, but he is not opposed to smoking two puffs, people are enthusiastic, and naturally they have to give face appropriately, so he took the point, Liu Yongzhi refused, he usually smokes, but rarely smokes when performing tasks, especially in this case, he can't smoke.

Wen Feng was not reluctant, and threw the cigarette directly to Ji Xuejun in the back, this young man had not spoken since he got in the car, and sat behind Tao Meng, which made Liu Yongzhi always feel a little awkward, Ji Xuejun lit a cigarette, turned his head to look out the window, and smoked silently, without the unique sense of vigor and activity of young people, this is the second place where Liu Yongzhi feels awkward.

"If you want to say that it doesn't matter if you suffer this crime, you can do something, who knew that on the fourth day, we will go back to the unit, saying that the task is completed, what can you tell me?" Wen Feng continued his nagging, and seemed to have a lot of opinions about the sudden mission.

Tao Meng heard it, Wen Feng was afraid that what he said was the time when the 'rangers' collectively went to southern Yunnan to carry out the 'Strange Case of the Wood Factory', which was an old scar that many members were unwilling to reveal, and the task was completed on the surface, but everyone knew that it was the 'shadow members' who finally turned the tide, otherwise they didn't know what the result would be, and they damaged their siblings, so that everyone didn't slow down for a long time.

Although he didn't want to listen, Tao Meng didn't interrupt the other party, it was not good to be too blunt.

"You weren't there at the Ninth Division? That operation was very strange, and it was a big trouble later, and I heard that the direct special affairs department was all here. I didn't expect Wen Feng to nag endlessly, and he actually asked directly, after so long, this person still has such curiosity, and he is really convinced.

"I was on a mission. Tao Meng's vague answer, neither admitting nor denying it, but there is another layer of meaning, which is particularly blunt and unsightly to Wen Feng's ears: I'm on a mission, don't you keep asking questions, okay?

Wen Feng smiled awkwardly, finally closed his chatterbox, took a few puffs of the remaining half of the cigarette, and then opened the window and threw the cigarette butt outside.

The car was quiet again, Tao Meng also extinguished his cigarette butt, took out his mobile phone, and sent the identity information of himself, Liu Yongzhi and An Yongxiang to Li Xianghe of the provincial department.

After thinking about it, Tao Meng sent another message to the instructor, explaining that he had received help from his peers, and briefly explained the itinerary, if it went well, he would arrive in SZ City at half past ten in the evening. Long after sending it out, he didn't get a reply from the instructor, and Tao Meng didn't care, the instructor had a lot of things to deal with after he arrived in eastern Guangdong, and he was probably too busy to look at it.

The car was jolting rhythmically, Wen Feng actually hooked his head and dozed off, Ji Xuejun looked out the window for a while, and then turned his head to look ahead, looking uneasy, which also attracted Liu Yongzhi's attention to him, the driver Lao Gu was in good spirits, and the car drove steadily.

Unconsciously drove for more than an hour, although the road conditions of a section of the provincial highway in southern Yunnan are not good, but the traffic is not dense, so it can not meet the situation of traffic jams on the eastern coast at every turn, so it is very smooth to get to this point, at this time Lao Gu turned his head and shouted, "The front is the new store, do you want to take a break?"

Wen Feng woke up suddenly, rubbed his eyes, looked back and forth, and then said to Tao, "Hungry, right?"

Tao Meng swept Liu Yongzhi with the rest of his eyes, and saw that the other party had no opinions, so he nodded, "Then take a break for a while, and let a few people suffer with us, I'm really embarrassed." ”

"The family doesn't talk to the two families, why is Lao Cheng so polite?" Wen Feng complained, turned his head and shouted at Lao Gu, "It's a new store, stop at the door of the Yunnan Spring Restaurant." ”

"Okay!" Lao Gu responded, as if he was in a much happier mood, and he slammed the accelerator slightly under his feet, and even whistled out.