Zhang Chenghe contacted Wu Qingshan, and he said that Wu Qingshan seemed to be a little surprised that our party had come to ransom people, and only asked us to wait for them to come to meet them at a Ruiguang Shwedagon Pagoda on the eastern outskirts of Mandalay.

The sunset has been set in the west, the remnant sun on the horizon is like blood, dyeing a layer of golden glow to the mountains and forests, and the Buddhist Shwedagon Pagoda appears more sacred and ethereal in the afterglow of the sunset.

We waited for two hours, and suddenly the road in front of the valley sounded the roar of heavy cars, and Zhang Chenghe and I looked ahead in unison. I saw a large military truck spewing black smoke and speeding all the way. The military truck was like a wild beast on a rampage, and the rugged mountain road did not hinder it at all, and it drove over the potholed ground without any fear, and its body shook violently and made a swaying sound......

When Zhang Chenghe saw this military truck, he whispered to us: "Brothers, they are here, everyone be careful." ”

The military truck sped over, and after seeing a few of us, it braked suddenly, and the distance between the body shook a few times and made a huge vibration sound, like a war horse with the reins on a cliff, and forcibly stopped. With a "snort", a large cloud of steam erupted from the truck gate.

A man of about thirty years of age came out of the passenger seat of the truck, glanced at us with a relentless hyena-like gaze, then pushed the door open and jumped directly from the nearly two-meter-high cab. Behind the big military truck, a group of armed tribal men came down like dumplings, these guys were wearing new and old cloth uniforms, not strictly speaking, they were not uniforms, a bit like the kind of militia clothing, but they all carried rifles and their eyes were very sharp.

"How many of you are here to see our leader?"

The man with eyes like a hyena actually spoke Chinese, which surprised us a little, and Zhang Chenghe nodded: "Yes, we are here for Li Mengting of Qianfei Company." ”

A hint of mockery flashed in the man's eyes, and he looked at us like he was looking at a few dead corpses, but he hid it well, and immediately smiled, cracked a big mouth full of yellow teeth that had been smoking for many years, and said, "My name is Geman, and I am responsible for taking you to the chief, have you brought the money?" ”

Burmese people have a first name but no surname, but they have a prefix in front of the name. For example, the brother in front of him, his name is man, and brother is the prefix; Another example is Wu Qingshan, Qingshan is the first name, and Wu is the prefix rather than the surname. The first character of all Burmese names is called by age, for example, when a man is a child, the first word of his name is Mao, and when he is young, he is replaced by Ge, and when he is over forty years old, he is replaced by Wu.

Zhang Chenghe turned his head to me and made a look, and I walked up with a suitcase containing $1.5 million, opened the suitcase with my backhand, and then let my brother look at it.

Brother Man reached out and looked through it twice, and directly reached out to grab the suitcase. As soon as I put my hand on it, this guy couldn't pull the suitcase from my hand, and immediately he became angry, his whole face was dissatisfied and angry, and he scolded me in Burmese, which should be a swear word, and then saw that the dozen or so men behind him all raised their rifles and pointed at us in unison.

The glasses in charge of the translator hurriedly raised his hands and walked up to say in Burmese that there was a misunderstanding, everyone should not be impulsive, and then said something to his brother, Zhang Chenghe also whispered to me: "Chen Yu, we can't help us when we come here, give him the money, and we will act when we have the opportunity." ”

Li Mengting's figure didn't even see it, so we handed over the money, which is a bit irrational. However, in this case, we didn't have much initiative, so I glanced at Ge Man and the group of men behind him, and slowly let go of my hand.

Ge Man snatched the suitcase away, handed it to an entourage beside him with his backhand, and then said to us coldly in Chinese: "The compensation we ask for is 15 million US dollars, and you only have 1.5 million here, without any sincerity." So we'll take that money first, and we'll have three days left before the deadline, so you'll get another $13.5 million and contact us. ”

"Wait!"

Zhang Chenghe was the first to be in a hurry, 13.5 million US dollars is equivalent to about 90 million yuan, and it is still three days, even if we go to rob the bank every day, we can't make up such a large amount of money.

However, when Zhang Chenghe went up to stop Ge Man, he only heard a clattering sound, and a dozen of his subordinates had already pulled the safety bolt of the rifle and could pull the trigger and shoot at any time.

A few of us hurriedly stopped, so as not to misunderstand each other, otherwise more than a dozen rifles were fired at the same time, and we would definitely be bad.

Brother Man turned to us Nunu and said, "Let's go!" ”

The landlord glanced at Hawkeye and glasses, and they were a little helpless, so they could only turn around and prepare to walk towards the Honda SUV we parked on the side of the road. Zhang Chenghe had no choice, and he also turned around and wanted to leave, ready to find another way to rescue Li Mengting.

I was also going to leave first and then find a way, after all, now that the other party has a tough attitude and we can't get enough ransom, it is normal for them to refuse to let us ransom.

However, when I was about to turn around, I suddenly found that the depths of my brother's eyes flashed with a cruel smile and violence, and the corners of his mouth were subconsciously raised slightly, as if he was looking at us cruelly and laughing. I suddenly felt a cold murderous intent, and my heart trembled suddenly, and I thought: It's not good, this guy not only didn't let go after receiving the money, but looking at the posture, it seemed that he was going to wait for us all to turn around and order his men to shoot coldly, and kill all of us here.

The group of men around him were still pointing their rifles at us with murderous eyes, and I could guess that they were planning to take the ransom and kill us all from the time they came.

Because I stood where I was and didn't turn to leave, Zhang Chenghe and Hawkeye all stopped, and they all looked at me in astonishment, and Zhang Chenghe also called me in a low voice: "Chen Yu, go!" ”

I didn't pay attention to Zhang Chenghe, but pretended to be fearless, and even looked at my brother with a little arrogance, and said lightly: "We are ready for another $13.5 million." ”

"What?" Brother Man's eyes widened instantly, and his gaze looked at our SUV feverishly: "Where?" ”

I pouted and said, "I'm not here, we have to see Li Mengting, and I will notify my subordinates to send the remaining $13.5 million over." ”

The brother said loudly: "No, if you want to ransom people, you must pay all the compensation." ”

"I insist that I see the person in charge of our company, Li Mengting, is safe and sound, and then I will give you the full ransom."

"I can't help you when you come here," the brother said loudly with foaming at his mouth, "I want you to send the remaining $13.5 million immediately, otherwise all of you won't be able to leave this valley." ”

Two of his men came up cooperatively and pressed their rifles against my head, the cold barrel touching my face, and I could feel a breath of death. However, during the special training in purgatory, the butcher instructor taught me that the more dangerous the situation, the more calm and composed, because panic will not help the situation, and may even make things worse. Only by dealing with it calmly can we find the best way to cope.

Although my heart was beating fast, the expression on my face was very indifferent, and my eyes were as arrogant as ever, and I looked at my brother fearlessly, pouting and saying, "You can shoot me, but this also means that you will never get the remaining $13.5 million." I came here with the $1.5 million first, which has fully demonstrated my sincerity. Now it's your turn to show your sincerity, and decide for yourself, do you want a few cold corpses, or the remaining $13.5 million? ”

Zhang Chenghe and the others looked at each other, so nervous that their foreheads were sweating, because they knew that I didn't have $13.5 million to back up at all, and they were really afraid that my brother would shoot and kill a few of us.

But as I imagined, my brother was in a dilemma. 13.5 million US dollars, which is about equal to 90 million yuan, is not a small amount of money put there. In northern Myanmar, money is more important, the tribal armed forces have to buy equipment, but also to feed their own tribe's subordinates, the biggest income here is to mine jade and jade, 90 million I don't know how much jade ore they have to sell to earn, so Ge Man couldn't help but hesitate.

Finally, he hid on the side of the road and made a call with an old mobile phone, as if to report something to the person on the phone, and after a while, he hung up the phone and came over, and said to a few of us viciously: "The leader said that you can go with us to meet him, and you can also meet your Miss Li, but if you dare to play tricks, or if the ransom is less than a penny, you people will wait to eat the bullets!" ”

Zhang Chenghe couldn't help but sweat on his forehead when he heard this, but I forcibly pretended to be frank, shrugged my shoulders and said, "Let's go." ”