The mobile phone rang in the hall, and the nerves that had been stretched to the extreme were pulled again.

Zhou Wei stared back at the coffee table, almost losing the courage to walk over.

Deng Shunlin glanced at him for him, "It should be the phone over there!"

Xu Shilong sighed, "Take it!"

The doorbell had already stopped, and the distance from the entrance to the hall was only a few tens of meters, and Zhou Wei felt that his heart sank a little bit with every step he took.

Deng Shunlin handed the mobile phone that continued to ring to Zhou Wei's hand.

Xiao Lu made an OK gesture again.

Zhou Wei finally grasped the phone, and his fingers were almost trembling when he pressed the answer button.

"The surname Zhou is paralyzed and you call the police, don't you want your wife and children anymore?"

As soon as the phone was connected, Jin Dafu's frenzied voice came through his eardrums, "Call the police, okay, I'll let you call the police, let you call the police......" The sound of punching and kicking came with a muffled snort of pain, like a desperate scream from someone holding his throat.

Before Zhou Wei could make a sound when he clenched his fists, there was another heavy sound, accompanied by Jin Dafu's scolding.

"You wait to collect the bodies of your wife and children!"

The phone was hung up in an instant, dozens of seconds before and after, in fact, there was no need to listen to the recording, just the volume of Jin Dafu just now was enough for others to hear clearly.

Xu Shilong raised his hand and pinched his forehead decadently, Xiao Lu took off his headphones in frustration, and Deng Shunlin looked at the man standing in front of the window with great concern.

Everyone seemed to have vitality and the next reaction, but he seemed to be pushed into a vacuum, the deep sea, the abyss, the endless darkness and suffocation suddenly overshadowed him, his breathing became thicker, and the sound in his ears seemed to disappear......

"You wait to collect the bodies of your wife and children!"

"Mr. Zhou?"

"Mr. Zhou?"

"Bang", Zhou Wei, who was originally standing there, suddenly clenched his hands into fists and slammed on the wall, his shoulders rubbed against the wall and turned around, and his body slid down, until he finally curled up and squatted on the ground, his fingers were inserted into the hair, but the mobile phone never dared to let go, like the last glimmer of hope before dying.

What exactly did he do?

How can he pray for mercy and forgiveness?

……

Chang An has never had such a strong desire to survive as at this time, and almost tried her best to bend her knees to protect her stomach, but unfortunately her mouth was sealed and she couldn't make any sound, otherwise she felt that she would have crawled to Jin Dafu's feet and knelt and begged, begging him not to work so hard and not to hurt the child.

"Okay, don't kick it, what if someone has an accident if you kick it again?" The hook couldn't stand it, and came over to grab Jin Dafu, who was already crazy.

Jin Dafu felt that it was not enough to relieve his anger, so he raised his leg and kicked Chang An on the calf twice, this time even the chai chicken was on fire, and he dragged the person to the side.

"Lao Jin, eighty million, are you crazy?"

Yes, yes, Kim Dafu is indeed crazy, and his madness comes from anger, but also from the fear of the future and the results.

It's like a battle, which looked calm and calm before, and each other can find a balance, but once a certain nerve is triggered, the balance is broken in an instant, and the situation will take a sharp turn.

Jin Dafu: "His mother's surname Zhou called the police!"

Hook: "What about calling the police, people are in our hands." ”

Chai Ji also said: "Lao Jin, I can tell you, I don't care what grievances you have with this woman, this is your own business, we only want money, you originally pulled me and the hook into the gang and said that it would not move, as long as money, what the hell do you mean now?"

Jin Dafu glared fiercely at Chang An who was shrinking in the corner, she hugged her head and shrunk her legs, the coat on her body had already been stripped off, leaving only a turtleneck, the sweater should be milky white, but because it had been tossed for two days, it had already become dirty, and her hair was even more messy, and the wound on her forehead finally stopped bleeding, but a layer of blood scabs covered it looked really terrible.

Chang An had a pitiful face, and he would show weakness appropriately, and now he shrank there, occasionally revealing a pair of frightened eyes.

Jin Dafu spat and finally suppressed his breath.

Next to him, the chai chicken asked the hook: "Did you get the boat?"

Hook: "Got it!"

He also signaled to Jin Dafu: "Call over there, just say change the transaction address, hook, tell the fine ghost to withdraw, take the money and leave after dark!"

He arranged it, and there was no longer any embarrassment and wreckage when he was addicted to drugs just now, and after speaking, he dragged Chang An up from the ground.

"Let's go, get on the boat first!"

……

On the side of the long river, Xiao Lu listened to the phone call from Jin Dafu over and over again.

Xu Shilong is in contact with colleagues in the bureau.

After Zhou Wei finished talking to Zhou Fushan on the phone, his mood had eased a little from the state of collapse just now, but he didn't look good, his beard was scumbag, he hadn't closed his eyes for another day and a night, and he was so depressed that he had completely lost his former appearance.

Xu Nan has also come back and brought food to everyone.

Xiao Lu and Xu Shilong ate a little, Deng Shunlin took a copy for Zhou Wei, originally thought that he would not eat, but he didn't expect to take the initiative to eat as much as possible, but he hadn't picked up a few bites of the rice, and his stomach seemed to be blocked, and a sourness surged up, forcing him to quickly bend over the trash can, but except for the stuffing vomiting from the stomach to the chest, he couldn't vomit anything at all.

Seeing this, Xu Nan hurriedly poured a glass of water for Zhou Wei.

"Mr. Zhou, drink some water first. ”

After Zhou Wei finished retching, he took a small sip of the water cup, and the whole person collapsed on the sofa.

The sky was spinning, and his ears were suddenly full of Chang'an's laughter, soft, warm, and broken, like the sun falling on the ground in spring, the wind blew, the sun trembled, and he also trembled.

"Mr. Zhou?" Xu Nan saw that something was wrong with him and shouted.

Zhou Wei closed his eyes, put his palms on his face, but shook his head: "I'm fine!" His voice was about to be completely hoarse, but he still said that he was fine.

Xu Nan sighed and glanced at Deng Shunlin who was not far away.

Deng Shunlin shook his head and motioned for him not to ask more.

"Team Xu, Brother Yang has made a discovery!" Xiao Lu's clear cry was like a strong light piercing the depression in the room.

Zhou Wei almost sat up from the sofa.

Xu Shilong walked quickly to the back of Xiao Lu's computer with him and asked, "What did you find?"

"Look..."

A new video from a colleague, "See, here..."

Xiao Lu pointed his finger at a blurry car shadow on the screen, "This is that blue taxi!"

Zhou Xian's eyes froze, "Which section?"

Xiao Lu: "Da Chong Road, go up is the provincial highway that leads to Tongzhou." ”

Zhou Wei: "So the other party is in Tongzhou now?"

Xu Shilong: "There is also this possibility, Tongzhou is not far from Yunling, and it is close to the sea, so many kidnappers will choose to get out by water." ”

Zhou Wei looked at Xiao Lu, "Have you found the information about the transfer of this car?"

"Wait a minute!"

Xiao Lu pulled up another document, connected it to the printer, and spit out a few pieces of paper from a very large piece of machine.

"Yun A-JH965, the original vehicle belonging to the Oriental Car Rental Company, went through the scrapping procedures three months ago, Brother Yang sent someone to find out that the car later entered the repair shop, and was bought by a person named Feng Xigui for 8,000 yuan about two months ago. ”

"Feng Xigui?" Xu Shilong paused, "Why do you think this name is a little familiar?"

Xiao Lu opened another piece of paper.

"This is the personal information of Feng Xigui, whom Brother Yang just transferred to me!"

Xu Shilong took the piece of paper and looked at it.

Feng Xigui, male, born in 1984, from Tongzhou, has a photo in the corner, flat head, small eyes, and a scar on the eyebrow bone.

"I remember, this person is a habitual offender!" Xu Shilong looked at Zhou Wei, "It should be more than ten years ago, he kidnapped a little girl in Tongzhou, I was also involved in this case at that time, and later sentenced, according to the time, he should have just been released from prison." ”

"So now you can basically be sure that you are in Tongzhou, right?" Zhou asked.

Xu Shilong pinched the piece of paper and thought again, "Wait, I'll give you a call." I was about to get my mobile phone, but Zhou Wei's mobile phone rang first.

Xiao Lu immediately put on the headphones again, and the whole room was silent.

Zhou Wei glanced at it and saw the name displayed on it, "Private phone!"

Xiao Lu was obviously loose.

At this time, everyone is a soldier.

"Hey..."

Zhou Yan walked to the other side of the room with his mobile phone, and just said a word, he asked directly: "Is there something wrong with Chang An?"

Zhou Wei pinched his eyebrows.

"Where did you hear that?"

"So you mean something did happen to her?"

"Mr. Chen, I hope you..."

Smack, the phone over there hung up suddenly, and Zhou Wei's face was stiff.

"Xu Nan. ”

Xu Nan hurriedly walked over, "Mr. Zhou, what's the matter?"

"Find a way to find out who called the police before!"

"Good. ”

Xu Nan was just about to leave, the mobile phone in Zhou Wei's hand rang again, this time he looked up at Xu Shilong, and Xu Shilong immediately read the information from Zhou Wei's eyes.

Xiao Lu gestured.

Zhou Wei stared at the string of numbers on the screen, and when the numbers flashed, his heart also jumped.

He felt that the suffering of this day and night was worth all the things he had experienced in the previous thirty years, but no one could carry it for him, he knew that he couldn't panic, he couldn't fall, and he couldn't mess up.

He wants to bring Chang'an back.

He wanted the peace of their mother and son.

"Hey...", the voice came out of his throat, and although he was still dumb, he no longer had the frustration he had just now.

"Mr. Zhou, right?"

"I am!"

Obviously, there has been a change of person over there, and without Jin Dafu's anger, Zhou Wei hurriedly seized the opportunity, "I didn't call the police, it was a misunderstanding." ”

"Misunderstanding?"

"If you don't believe it, you can go and investigate, and besides, if I really want to call the police, will I let the police come to the door so openly?"

There was silence for a while, Zhou Wei heard the wind and the sound of the noise, he looked at Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu quickly wrote a few words on the paper next to him, and held it up to signal to him: "Delay time!"

Zhou Wei nodded his head at the socket of his teeth, and said: "I have prepared the money, 80 million, according to your previous requirements, it has been converted into US dollars, you give me an address, I will send it now!"

"I'm sure you don't want to procrastinate any longer, and the longer it drags on, it's not good for you or me. ”

"I want people, you want money, in fact, this is a very clear deal, you don't have to think too complicated, I won't be stupid enough to go to the police and take a risk here, but there is one thing I need to emphasize again, you must make sure that people are okay, people are okay, everything is easy to say, money is not a problem at all, but if people have a little bit of a problem, I will never let you go even if I turn the ground over!"

His voice was not high, but his words were sharp.

Xu Shilong listened to it happily and convincingly.

Obviously, he was on the verge of collapse like a trapped beast just now, but now he is holding his mobile phone and talking to the kidnappers, but he can still be organized, calm and restrained.

There was silence for a while, and the wind howled.

The expression on Xiao Lu's face was condensed, and there was an interval of about ten seconds.

"Okay, you're happy, everyone is happy, but you need to wait, when it gets dark, I'll tell you where to send the money!"

It's another round of torment, a new war of attrition.

The sun had long since sunk, but it was not yet completely dark.

During this period, Deng Shunlin left Changhe, he spent a day and a night with him, and there was a seriously ill wife at home, so Zhou Wei asked him to go back first.

At half past six in the evening, the timed induction street lights in the yard turned on, and Zhou Wei had been sitting on the sofa for more than half an hour in the same position, always feeling that he was going to turn into a stone if he sat down again.

Xu Shilong also had nothing to do, so he came over and sat next to Zhou Wei, and came out with his cigarette case.

"One?"

Zhou Wei shook his head.

"What, I hate my cigarettes too lame?"

Zhou Wei smiled bitterly, and finally took the cigarette and put it in his mouth, Xu Shilong lit it for him, the smoke star burned, he took a sharp breath, and choked the whole body to lean forward, coughed for half a minute before stopping, and then fell back, and collapsed on the sofa again, but the cigarette was not willing to be thrown away.

Xu Shilong, as an outsider, was also a little sad.

He has been following cases since graduating from the police academy, and most of them are criminal cases, he has seen too many victims' families, all kinds of crying and grabbing, heartbreaking, and really anxious, and there have been no less than ten kidnappings over the years, and Zhou Wei is really the most restrained and calm person he has ever seen, but calmness does not mean that there is no pain, on the contrary, this kind of pain that is deliberately suppressed is countless times stronger than what can be vented.

At 7:04 p.m., Zhou's mobile phone, which had not moved for a long time, finally rang.

This time it was a text message - "At half past eight, at the second intersection of Tongling Provincial Highway, put the money in a silver Dongfeng business car on the side of the road, and posted a sign on the door for novices to go on the road, you go alone, don't play any tricks, otherwise I will take your wife and children to die together!"

After Zhou Wei finished reading the text message, Xu Shilong took his mobile phone over, squinted and quickly finished it.

It was 7:06 p.m., and there was only one hour and twenty-four minutes left before the time agreed by the kidnappers.

Time is tight and you need to drive to the provincial road.

Zhou Wei communicated briefly with Xu Shilong, put on his coat and took the car keys to go out.

Eighty million dollars, with a full six boxes, he drove an off-road, the trunk was full, and he needed to put two boxes on the seat.

Before going out, Xu Shilong explained that no matter what happens, don't fight hard, and don't try to solve it by one person.

Zhou Wei nodded and stuffed a miniature earphone that Xiao Lu gave him into his ear.

The car had just started in the garage when a figure walked in through the open automatic door.

"I'll go with you!"

Chen Haodong stood outside the car and patted the car door.

Zhou Yan lowered the window.

"I'll go with you!" repeated the man outside the car.

Zhou Wei glanced at Xu Shilong outside, "The other party asked me to go alone." ”

"Can you handle it?" Chen Haodong obviously couldn't calm down.

Zhou Wei held the steering wheel and tried his best to restrain himself, "If you can't do it, I have to go alone, otherwise you want to have an accident halfway?"

Xu Shilong came over and pulled Chen Haodong along.

Although he didn't know the identity of the man in front of him, he could at least see that he was also worried about Chang An.

"This gentleman, please calm down, now is not the time to fight over who goes and who stays, the kidnappers on the other side are habitual offenders and have strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and you will only cause trouble if you rush to go with them. ”

Chen Haodong still had something to say, but Zhou Wei interrupted.

"If you really want to help, follow Officer Xu!" he said, and the car started and drove out of the garage.

Zhou went to pay the ransom here, and Xu Shilong in Changhanoi deployed to contact his colleagues who were waiting outside the field.

Zhou Wei went out of the city, and quickly followed a car at the elevated intersection, which took about ten minutes to get on the provincial highway, and another car followed at the intersection.

"Mr. Zhou, Team Yang has already brought two cars with you, a white Toyota and a black Volkswagen, can you see if they are behind you?"

Xu Shilong's voice came out of the headphones.

Zhou Wei glanced in the rearview mirror, and sure enough, he saw two cars following behind him not far away.

"Will it be discovered?"

"No, Team Yang is very experienced with this kind of case, and they won't follow you all the way to your destination. ”

"Did that last phone call track any leads?"

"Xiao Lu has already sent the recording to the bureau, and is in contact with the people from the technical investigation department..."Before Xu Shilong finished speaking, Zhou Wei seemed to hear Xiao Lu shouting over there.

"Are there any other discoveries?" Zhou asked immediately.

"Wait a minute, I'll get back to you in five minutes. ”

Xu Shilong cut the signal on his side, and Zhou Wei clenched the steering wheel, staring at the front tightly.

Ahead, there is traffic, lights, shadows of trees, and a road that never seems to end.

The time on the meter display told me that it was 7:56 p.m., and there was still half an hour before the time agreed with the kidnappers.

The wheels continue to roll forward at great speed, the closer the time gets, the more tense the nerves, and the driver knows that this step out, no matter what the end is, there is no turning back.

In five minutes, Xu Shilong's news came on time.

“… The scout analyzed the recording, and it seemed that there was a bell in addition to the sound of the waves. ”

"The bells?"

"Yes, but can't be sure where the bell comes from. ”

At this time, Zhou Wei's mobile phone rang, "Wait a minute, a call is coming in." He didn't cut the signal, he just took his phone and put it to his ear.

"Hey..."

"Got on the darts?"

"Yes, I'll be there before half-past eight. ”

"Very good, it's still according to the address given to you before, but now you find a gas station to fill up your car, and when you arrive at your destination, the car stays, and you drive the Dongfeng business car at the intersection to go." ”

Zhou Xian's mind tightened, "Why do you suddenly want to change your plan?"

"You don't have to ask about this, just do it!"

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

"I've got the money in the car, and it's okay if you want me to change the car and refuel, but how can I make sure that people are okay?"

"Don't worry about this, as long as you don't play tricks, after we get the money and count it clearly, we will definitely leave people for you before leaving the city, and we will contact you again at that time. ”

After finishing speaking, he hung up, Zhou Xun scratched the root of his teeth, and he had to spend twelve points of concentration to restrain himself from screaming, forcing himself to restrain his emotions, and dialed the headphones in his ears.

"The other party suddenly changed his plan and asked me to change it when I got to the intersection. ”

"I have heard it. Xu Shilong said.

"Could it be because the other party noticed something?"

"Probably not, we have been very stealthy so far, and Team Yang has not found anything abnormal, but the address of the kidnappers to temporarily change the ransom is also normal, which is a kind of trick. After a pause, Xu Shilong said again, "Feng Xigui is a habitual offender, he was imprisoned for kidnapping before, this person is not only vicious, but also very thoughtful, you need to be extra careful when you go to pay the ransom." ”

Zhou Wei didn't speak again, concentrated on driving, and soon passed by the gas station, according to the other party's request, he drove the car in to fill up the gas, and the two cars driven by the Yang team, one had already gone down at the intersection just now, and the other continued to drive forward, arriving near the destination in advance.

After refueling, Zhou Wei was back on the road.

At this time, it was already 8:13, there was not much traffic on the provincial highway, and the navigation display soon reached the second intersection.

Xu Shilong's voice sounded in the headphones again.

"The people on Team Yang's side have been ambushed as planned, and there are road turns, and there are road turns, so you can change cars according to the other party's requirements when you arrive at the location. ”

At about 8:27, Zhou Wei arrived at his destination, a small fork in the provincial road, and a half-used Dongfeng business car was parked there.

Zhou Wei stopped the car, and the other party's phone came in time.

"Arrived?"

"When I arrived, I saw the van!"

"Very well, you park your car on the side of the road and leave in that business van yourself, you can't get on the provincial road, and drive along the fork in the road. ”

Zhou Xun complied, parked the off-road carrying 80 million yuan at the intersection, got into the semi-used commercial vehicle in the past, got off the provincial road according to the other party's requirements, and drove forward along the fork in the road.

After driving for about five or six minutes, the surrounding wasteland and the road surface were extremely uneven, and Xu Shilong's voice came from the earphones.

"The kidnappers have appeared, got into the car you drove over, and Team Yang plans to close the net within twenty minutes!"

Zhou Tao parked the car on the side of the road, and after a few seconds, he asked, "Is my wife in the car?"

"Yes, wearing white, according to the information from Team Yang, your wife should be fine at the moment. ”

Zhou Wei breathed a sigh of relief, but soon a dull pain of greater and heavier welling up.

"Money doesn't matter, I just need people, I want her to come back safely. ”

Xu Shilong sat in another car, his eyes moving slightly, because he clearly heard the trembling and hoarse voice of the man on the other end of the signal.

He knew how much pressure this man had to endure alone at this moment.

"Mr. Zhou, please trust us!"

The signal is interrupted again.

Zhou Wei leaned back in his chair as if he was unloaded, opened the window, and let his breathing become heavy.

Zhou Wei, who has always been good at controlling and taking the helm, was forced to pin all his hopes on others for the first time, and this despair, helplessness and fear tied him like a giant net.

Twenty long and tormenting minutes, the wind roared in the wild.

It's past eight fifty.

"Bang..."

"Bang bang!"

Suddenly, three gunshots rang out in the distance, like a hiss that pierced the sky, and the sound left a faint echo in the open field.