Chapter Twenty-Four: The Lonely Islander
There was a song playing on the tape recorder, Ren Xianqi's sad pacific. is singing: One step forward is dusk, one step back is life, the wind is uneven, the waves are not quiet, the heart is still unstable, an island locks a person, the boat I am waiting for has not come, and the people I am waiting for do not understand 616161616161
The time was in the summer of 2010, and Wuzhong City, when the renovation and demolition project of the old city was in full swing. Amid the ruins, a brand new city is emerging. As the mayor said in an interview: This is the pace of the big era, and anyone who wants to stop it is just a mantis arm as a car.
The area around the railway station, including the old railway station that was built in the early seventies of the last century is the focus of renovation, and there is a bungalow residential area eight hundred meters east of the station, which was originally a family room belonging to the machine repair department of a certain bureau of China Railway, and now it has almost become a ruin.
A small courtyard stands alone in the ruins, like an island.
The original plan was that in 18 months, the site would be home to several modern buildings that would combine commercial towers and high-end residences. But now, the island is blocking the plans.
A man is carefully preparing for another war to come.
He sat in his yard and assembled a homemade earthen gun with his hands and feet. Dozens of glass soda bottles were filled with gasoline. In the end, he sealed each bottle mouth with strips of cloth, which was the heavy firepower he prepared for the war that was about to begin.
Fifty-one years old, single, laid-off, repairing bicycles and selling drinks to get by, the family is surrounded by walls, only an old dog accompanies him. He has no family burden, and a three-bedroom house is enough for him to become a millionaire in no time and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. As long as he signs his name on the demolition compensation agreement.
In the entire demolition area, there were once 352 families, and since the completion of the community, 40 years have passed, and many families have been living in the same house for three generations, crammed into the same layout of the house as him, according to the demolition compensation agreement, these families will not get more than half a cent than him. From this point of view, it seems that he is the one with the least reason to be a nail household.
The old wooden door was open, and several metal objects hung in the doorway, which were blown by the wind, colliding with each other and clanging.
That's a couple of military medals. Three third-class merits, one second-class merit, and one special merit.
Zhao Yajun, the captain of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Municipal Bureau, stood in front of the door, looked up at the glittering medal, and was in awe. As a former soldier, of course, he knows the weight of the surviving special heroes. In peacetime, third-class merit is common, second-class merit is already rare, and as for special merit, non-extremely significant and outstanding contributions cannot be awarded.
There was only one person in the courtyard, and there were six people who entered the courtyard and never came out again. Of the six people, three were security guards from Lejian, the company responsible for the demolition of the entire area, and the other three were not trivial, one of whom was Liu Xiaofeng, the CEO of Hanjiang Group, the largest local private enterprise. Also missing are Zhao Yajun's immediate boss, Xu Guobiao, the political commissar of the municipal bureau, and the last hostage is even bigger - Vice Mayor Cui, who is in charge of public security work in the city.
A 51-year-old middle-aged man silently disappeared six adult men, including three young and strong security guards who were also veterans.
Zhao Yajun looked up at the glittering military medal, and pondered how to intervene. As Gu Tianyou said, the one in it is very big, and a little carelessness will cause unimaginable consequences.
"Listen, people in the courtyard, please immediately put down the weapons in your hands and release the hostages unconditionally 6161616161 The loudspeaker made a piercing sound, and it was Liu Futang, deputy director of the city bureau in charge of criminal investigation, shouting.
A flaming gasoline bottle was thrown out of the yard and scattered among the rubble, bursting into flames.
The ruins are wide on all sides, there is no commanding height suitable for a sniper's fatal blow within hundreds of meters, the man sits in the courtyard, his back is facing the house, the front is facing the courtyard gate, there are courtyard walls on both sides, the big iron gate is half opened, and a stone table is blocked between the door and the man, the man's body is slightly low, and it happens to cover the whole body tightly, and the sniper who is ambushed a hundred meters away has no chance to lock on to the target.
The fire from the gasoline bottle caused a commotion, and the man's voice was not high and slightly hoarse: "Let me hear this sound again, and the next time it will burn is the house behind me." ”
It is likely that six hostages were hidden in the house.
Zhao Yajun frowned slightly, and scolded in his heart: Clean chaos!
The courtyard door was open, and the windows were hung with curtains, so that it was impossible to see the situation in the house.
The order from above was that no rash action should be taken without certainty of the safety of the hostages.
"Excuse me, can I come in and talk?" Zhao Yajun came to the door and looked into the courtyard.
The man in the courtyard raised his head slightly, revealing a grim face. Although it looks a little vicissitudes, it is very clean, without the slightest decadence and pickle.
"Ever been a soldier?" The man's sharp gaze fell on Zhao Yajun.
Zhao Yajun nodded and said, "Thirty-eight Army, eighty-eight years of soldiers." ”
"With this calmness, I can see that I have seen blood after something." The man beckoned, motioned for Zhao Yajun to come in, and said, "Please forgive me for being rude, there is a detonator under my buttocks, as long as I move my position, the bomb in the house will explode immediately." ”
Zhao Yajun was carrying a miniature intercom, and the voice was transmitted to the peripheral command vehicle, and the special police officers who were preparing to attack not far from the courtyard immediately stopped moving. Liu Futang, who was in charge of the command, ordered everyone to temporarily retreat to a distance of 200 meters.
"Why are you in trouble?" Zhao Yajun completely ignored the order to retreat in his ears, glanced at the wire device where the man was sitting, and walked over and sat opposite the man.
"Audacious!" The man gave Zhao Yajun a thumbs up and introduced himself: "My surname is Geng, because I was born on Army Day, so I am called Jianjun, and the father and son have been related to the army for two generations, I guess you probably already know what I did in the army now." ”
"Your previous identity information has not yet reached the declassified age, I don't know much, but I still know the military merit medal." Zhao Yajun returned to the previous topic: "Why did you make this fuss? You should be well aware that there is no point in confronting each other. ”
"I'm waiting for someone, I can wait as long as I can, if I can't wait, I'll die." Geng Jianjun said with a smile.
Zhao Yajun's ears Liu Futang has been noisy, he impatiently took off the miniature intercom and turned it off, thinking about Gu Tianyou's words, and said meaningfully: "That person hasn't come until now, maybe he won't come, or he can't come at all." ”
"You seem to know who I'm waiting for." Geng Jianjun's eyelids rolled and glanced at Zhao Yajun.
Zhao Yajun replied: "I was entrusted to ask you, are the people in the house still alive?" ”
Geng Jianjun's eyes lit up: "Entrusted by someone? ”
Zhao Yajun shook his head: "It's not the person you are waiting for, but the person who asked me to ask you a question said that as long as you answer his question, he has a way to let you see the person you are waiting for." ”
Geng Jianjun lowered his head: "Do you think I still have a chance to get out of here alive?" ”
"It's man-made, as long as everyone in the house is alive, you give up the confrontation now, and I'm willing to go out with you." Zhao Yajun said sincerely.
"Get out?" Geng Jianjun smiled playfully: "Squatting in prison or being killed by those snipers outside?" ”
Zhao Yajun shook his head and said, "Leave here and see the person you are waiting for, maybe he is also waiting to see you." ”
"Are you willing, are the cops out there?"
"You can take me hostage and get out of here."
Geng Jianjun was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "You don't look like the kind of policeman who is willing to bend the law for personal gain." ”
"I used to be a soldier, I used to defend my family and country, and now my duty is to eliminate criminals and protect the innocent, and under this principle, I also want to try to live a better life."
"I want to believe you, but I don't trust those people out there and your hidden client."
"You might consider believing this." Zhao Yajun took out a knife from his pocket.
It was made from bullet casings from anti-aircraft machine guns and shaped like a scalpel.
Geng Jianjun took it in his hand and stared at it for a long time. He looked up and asked, "How do you need me to cooperate with you?" ”
"First you'll have to dismantle the detonator under your ass."
"I wasn't going to hurt anyone but the three guys who came in the middle of the night to set the fire, so the device was pretended."
Zhao Yajun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The first step is to leave here first, and someone will answer you when you go out of the city to help you get rid of the police tracking." ”
Ten minutes later, three people slowly walked out of the courtyard with a large bed. Under the quilt, three people wore the same security uniforms and walked out in unison. Zhao Yajun shouted under the quilt, "I am Zhao Yajun, and now I come out with Vice Mayor Cui and the suspect, in order to ensure the safety of the hostages, I order you not to act rashly!" ”
On the outskirts of the ruins, in a black SUV. Gu Tianyou put down the binoculars, turned his head to Sun Xiaodong beside him and said, "People have come out, you have worked hard for the past three days." ”
Sun Xiaodong said: "I'm going to arrange the car to pick up, walk from the south side of the construction site, how easy it is to get out of the intersection over there, and the temporary parking lot of the demolition team is over there, all the cars are the same, wait for me to let them all drive away together, when the time comes, it will be easier for the one inside to escape." ”
"As long as people get into the car I arranged, nothing will happen to you next." After Gu Tianyou finished speaking, he took a leather bag from the back seat and handed it to Sun Xiaodong, "After this matter passes, the Public Security Bureau will definitely trouble you, and you may have to suffer a little grievance, here is 200,000 yuan, not much, that's what it means." ”
Sun Xiaodong was taken aback, stunned for a moment before hesitating to take the bag in his hand, and said, "I helped so much from beginning to end 616161616161
Gu Tianyou waved his hand and said: "Brother Sun doesn't have to say politely, after this matter is done, you will lose your job if you don't get it, if you really get to that point, remember to come to Wolongtang to find me, if you are afraid of Qu Cai, just use this money to do some small business." ”
Sun Xiaodong pressed his wallet and nodded: "Don't worry, when the police ask, I will be sure that I panicked at the time, and I moved the car to make way for the police." ”