The train from Nanning to Pingxiang is slower, taking about five hours, and Cheng Liping decided to take a fast shuttle bus to get there. More than two hours later, Cheng Liping and Liu Weiguo stood outside the exit of Pingxiang Passenger Station. In terms of administrative level, Pingxiang, like Licheng, belongs to county-level cities. However, as an important international port, Pingxiang's urban construction is much better than that of Licheng.

When he arrived here, Liu Weiguo became blind, because the locals usually spoke Zhuang dialect and Hakka dialect, and he couldn't understand it at all. On the contrary, it is Cheng Liping, who speaks in various dialects. The two bought some simple small goods such as parasols and sunglasses in the mall, pretended to be tourists, and directly rented an old-fashioned taxi to Friendship Pass.

Liu Weiguo said with a smile: "The dialect is more fluent than the local dialect of Licheng, how long have you been here?" ”

Cheng Liping looked contemplative and said, "Five years." ”

When I arrived at the Friendship Pass, I was faced with the gray-white city wall, and after the light rain, the city wall became more and more lonely. Perhaps because of the time, there were not many tourists when the two arrived. Cheng Liping pretended to be a tour guide and introduced to Liu Weiguo that the left side of the Guanlou is the city wall of Zuobi Mountain, and the right side is the city wall of Youfu Mountain, and there are many military facilities nearby, so under normal circumstances, you can't take pictures when you see soldiers.

The road under your feet is National Highway 322, and the end of the National Highway passes through the arch gate of the Friendship Pass and connects with the Vietnam Highway. The two of them toured around the gate for more than half an hour, took a pass from a connector, and began to walk seriously to the checkpoint at the gate. There are no strict requirements for passports to enter Vietnam from Pingxiang, but you need to apply for a border citizen certificate or pass. When they were in Nanning, Lin Xingfa helped them get ready, and the police officer in Pingxiang was a white-haired old man, and when he handed the pass to Cheng Liping, even Liu Weiguo next to him didn't notice it.

Liu Weiguo was a little surprised, and Cheng Liping explained with a smile: "That old gentleman is amazing, he was the top anti-narcotics policeman of the anti-drug detachment in the past, and then he made a mistake and was taken down." ”

Liu Weiguo said: "What mistakes were made? ”

Cheng Li said indifferently: "There was a mistake in on-the-spot judgment and the two partners died." ”

"Then why do you still requisition him?"

"Because he's a real cop."

When leaving the customs, the police on the Vietnamese side carefully checked the two from head to toe, and a fat man next to him was confiscated by the border police on the spot because he was carrying tens of thousands of cash. The fat man was furious and quarreled with the Vietnamese border police, and then the border police returned his pass and forbade him to enter Vietnam. The tens of thousands of cash, not a penny was returned to him.

"Vietnamese monkeys are not very friendly to the Chinese." Cheng Liping whispered.

Liu Weiguo said: "Obviously, the self-defense and counter-attack against Vietnam has set them on fire. ”

"That's not it, it's because their standard of living is a bit low," Mr. Cheng said, "and you'll see it when you get there." ”

Smoothly pass through the port and set foot on the land of Vietnam. In fact, there is no difference between this area and Kannai. The mountain is a mountain in the same vein, the soil is the same loess, and the lush trees on the mountain are still luxuriant. Even Vietnamese residents along the border sell their wares in their mouthfuls of broken Chinese.

Liu Weiguo looked at the dilapidated buildings around him, then looked back at the towering friendship pass behind him, and couldn't help laughing.

Cheng Liping said: "These are still façades, and the more you go inside, the more disappointed you will be." ”

The two walked side by side for several miles, meeting many Vietnamese military and police officers along the way, all with loaded guns and ammunition, and a few imitation American M26 models pinned to their waists*. Cheng Liping bought some mangoes and bananas from Vietnamese villagers, bought some shoddy local clothes, called a tricycle in local language, and instructed the driver to drive to a place called Tamulang.

The driver knew that the other party was Chinese, and immediately opened his mouth and opened a jaw-dropping high price. Cheng Liping told him in dialect that we are border people, and we often go back and forth between Langshan and Pingxiang, and if we can't take this business, we will find someone else.

The cart puller helplessly stalled his hands and let Cheng Liping and Liu Weiguo get into the car.

Liu Weiguo asked Cheng Liping what he said to his master, and Cheng Liping smiled: "The fare he asked for is a bit high." ”

"How much?"

"One hundred and fifty thousand guilders."

"How much did you pay back?"

"Thirty thousand."

Halfway through the tricycle, Cheng Liping pretended to have a stomachache and wanted to get off here. The driver was a little unhappy, saying that you are wasting time like this, and it is too much of a delay for my business. Cheng Liping quarreled with him for a few words, threw three banknotes to him, and the cart master left with a smile.

Finding an open-air toilet, Cheng Liping looked around, and when he saw that there was no movement, he changed into the local clothes he bought. Liu Weiguo drew a scoop according to the gourd, and got some loess from the ground and wiped it evenly on his face. In the blink of an eye, in addition to the fact that there is still a gap between the height and the local Vietnamese, there are two yellow-skinned monkeys.

Cheng Liping seems to be very familiar with this place, and he is familiar with the road to the small river not far away. The water flow of the river was relatively turbulent, but Cheng Liping did not hesitate at all, jumped directly into it, and then swam across the river and followed the wild grass beside the river to the foot of the mountain.

Liu Weiguo quickly followed, and said, "Go up the mountain from here, and then go back to the pass?" ”

Cheng Liping nodded and said: "Wei Luheng is not an ordinary person, he can swagger shopping in Pingxiang, which means that he has bought off some leaders." If he can buy it, other people can buy it too, maybe many people already know the news of our exit. ”

Liu Weiguo understood Cheng Liping's intentions. Go back to Pingxiang City and see if you can find the ghosts. If you can find it, you will have the initiative, and if you can't find it, you can cross the border from the Faka Mountain in the southeast, which can not only hide your whereabouts, but also deceive those opponents who do not know their identity.

The plan is simple, but it is difficult to implement. Vietnam's mountains and jungles are probably one of the most dangerous places in the world, with poisonous snakes and huge mountain locusts sucking blood and infecting all kinds of acute diseases. Others such as miasma, caves. And even more abound.

Before going up the mountain, Cheng Liping folded two long wooden sticks, one handed to Liu Weiguo, and the other was held in his hand. Liu Weiguo is a scout, of course he knows the purpose of doing this, as the saying goes, knock the mountain and shake the tiger, and when walking in the jungle, you have to knock the earthquake snake. They had nothing but the little fruit they bought, and if they were bitten by a poisonous creature, they would have to die here.

The ecology of the jungle is maintained very primitively, and there are all kinds of plants growing everywhere, Cheng Liping said to Liu Weiguo while tapping on the ground: "The ones under your feet are called Lei Gong Root, also called Centella asiatica, which can be used medicinally to treat dysentery and bruises." This tree is called the olive tree, and the fruit on it can be eaten or pressed for oil......"

Cheng Liping lived like an encyclopedia, talking non-stop along the way, although both of them were sweating profusely, they didn't feel tired at all. Along the way, I met a lot of pit vipers and cobras with cores, but they were all safe and sound, and there was no conflict.

After walking for about two hours, Cheng Liping looked at a mess of trees in front of him and said, "It's a little late, let's camp here today." ”

A rough estimate of the direction and distance showed that they would have to wait until tomorrow evening to return to the pass, so spending the night in the jungle became a test that they had to endure. Fortunately, the two of them were full of physical strength and were in the prime of life, so after a brief rest, they started to build a thatched hut for the night. Cheng Liping broke some arm-thick trees to build a skeleton, and Liu Weiguo made a bunch of plants with fat leaves to serve as bricks, and it only took half an hour for a simple shelter to be built.

The hut is built in the air to prevent poisonous creatures and to protect the body from the cold. Cheng Liping found some hay again, used ancient drilled wood to make fire, and built a bonfire next to the thatched hut. The food was only a few mangoes and bananas, and there was no fresh water supplement, Cheng Liping licked his dry lips and said, "Brother Liu, you rest for a while, I'll go find some water." ”

Liu Weiguo knew that he was a veteran of living in the jungle and there should be no danger, so he simply nodded neatly.

Cheng Liping went for nearly an hour. Just when Liu Weiguo was worried, Cheng Liping hurriedly ran back. He first stepped on the bonfire with his feet, and then threw the prey in his hand to Liu Weiguo, before whispering: "There is a sentry in front, it is estimated that it was made by drug dealers, I suspect that they have a den in the jungle." ”

Liu Weiguo glanced at the prey in his hand, and it turned out to be a poor gray rabbit. The fire had been trampled out, and it was impossible to cook the rabbit meat, so he had to throw it aside, saying, "The den is set up in the jungle, how can I get the goods out?" ”

"It's not for the goods, it's for the goods." Cheng Liping said.

Liu Weiguo was startled, but there was no expression on his face. If the front is really a production den for drug dealers, then they must be very heavily guarded, and even if they take a detour, it will be difficult to get out safely.

Cheng Liping was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Get rid of him, there may be clues." ”

Liu Weiguo stood up and nodded without hesitation.

When I got to the location of the sentry again, I found a thin man with a rifle on his shoulder, patrolling back and forth on top of the humble sentry. Behind the sentry, there was a small thatched hut, which, at first glance, looked not much different from the one they had just built. There was a faint flash of light in the room, and from the flickering of the light, it seemed to be candlelight.

Cheng Liping breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately there were no hunting dogs in this sentry, otherwise their actions would definitely be exposed. The thin man on duty at the sentry was very conscientious, and Cheng Liping squatted for more than half an hour, but he didn't even see him stop and rest for a while. Liu Weiguo looked at his watch, the time was already eleven o'clock, and the candle in the room was extinguished, so he glanced at Cheng Liping.

Cheng Liping understood and nodded slightly. Liu Weiguo bent over, slowly marched forward in a semi-prostrate manner, and when he approached the sentry, he jumped up suddenly. At the same time, the man on duty also discovered Liu Weiguo, he shouted, and then pulled the trigger. Seeing the flash of fire in the barrel of the gun, Liu Weiguo stood on the sentry booth, but the thin man on duty fell to the ground with wide eyes.