At 7 o'clock in the morning of December 3, Guo Xuan was directing the loading of two medium-sized trucks with canvas canopies in front of the gate of the Sino-US Special Technical Cooperation Office. Guo Xuan got into the cab of the first car himself. After the vehicle departed, at a bend on the way, a truck of the same model followed, and the three cars walked back and forth for dozens of seconds before becoming two cars. A few kilometers later, the two trucks arrived at the exit of the highway from Chongqing to Kunming, where they stopped, and Guo Xuan in the cab seemed to be reading a map to decide on the trip. After a while, Guo Xuan said a few words to the driver, and the vehicle started.

Just drove out of a kilometer, passing by the long-distance bus station with a large flow of cars, the speed of the car naturally slowed down, Tang Shengrong carried a brown box and looked at the long queue selling tickets worried, saw Guo Xuan's car, and greeted him with surprise: "Director Guo, park, hello." Where are you going? Is it going to Kunming? ”

Guo Xuan pretended to be stunned for a moment before remembering who he was, and said with a smile: "Team Leader Tang, right?" I heard that you went to me two days ago, and I didn't care about your words, and I really don't have the skills to do it these days. Looking for me? ”

"yes, but I'll talk about that when you get back. Two days ago, I heard that you were going to Kunming today, and I was sent to Kunming Station for business this morning. I didn't expect to meet you by chance, can I take your ride...... If it's inconvenient, forget it. ”

Guo Xuan replied: "They are all military commanders, there is nothing inconvenient, and there are many companions on the road." But...... There were too many goods pulled, the carriages were full, and there were two escorts in the cab of the second car. And in the winter, it was too cold, and it was too hard to squeeze in the carriage, so I had to squeeze in the cab of the first car. ”

Tang Shengrong smiled with a smile on his face: "This is Director Guo, you take care of me kindly, the carriage is ventilated on all sides, and I still think that I will have to suffer a lot along the way." If you don't think I'm squeezing you. ”

Guo Xuan advised: "This batch of goods is very important military supplies, as for what it is, it is inconvenient to say. For safety, I disguised myself as ordinary civilian porcelain. You must keep it a secret. After 260 kilometers out of Chongqing, change to waterways, and it will be safe. ”

Tang Shengrong said with a smile: "I said that, why is it that the number of the porcelain factory is written on the box and the carriage." You are also too nervous, who dares to covet the goods of the military commanders? ”

Due to the heavy traffic on this road, the stop-and-go road, coupled with the continuous bombing by the Japanese, the road conditions were terrible. Along the way, Guo Xuan took the trouble to remind the driver to be careful and slow down, and also got out of the car several times to check the road conditions and check whether the goods were bundled strongly. Tang Shengrong secretly calculated: It seems that in addition to the driver, the two cars are Guo Xuan and two escorts. The car should be equipped with telecommunications equipment that Guo Xuan regarded as a treasure.

It was more than 100 kilometers out of Chongqing until noon. According to Guo Xuan's meaning, he made do with some water and dry food in the car, and continued to hurry. Tang Shengrong's face turned gray and said, "I'm sorry, the road conditions are too bad, I'm a little uncomfortable, find a place to rest for a while." ”

Guo Xuan had no choice but to nod. After walking for a while, Tang Shengrong pointed to a teahouse on the side of the road and said, "There is a teahouse, we will stop there for a rest." ”

This teahouse is very close to the highway and is a business for drivers and long-distance bus passengers on the road, facing the road with only three tile-roofed bamboo houses without partitions. Two guys, one picks up customers, and the other cooks. At this time, there was only one tea guest inside, and he asked for a pot of tea and a few coarse noodles and baked cakes. Guo Xuan and six others parked the car in the courtyard, two sat at a small bamboo table, and the other four sat around an unpainted table. ”

A guy came over and greeted: "Hello bosses." In addition to baked cakes, the shop also has mustard noodles, fried rice sugar boiling water, and tea eggs just out of the pot. ”

Guo Xuan replied: "Then one person has a bowl of noodles and six tea eggs." Hurry up. Then he said to the two drivers, "Do you need to add some water to the car?" We'll leave after eating. It's winter, the days are short, and the night road is not easy to walk. ”

The two drivers nodded and left, and the teahouse guy also agreed: "Okay, boss, wait a minute." ”

After a while, the man brought out six bowls of noodles and six tea eggs in a small porcelain dish. Tang Shengrong took two bites of noodles and said, "Maybe it's a little motion sickness, I won't eat the eggs, the noodles look pretty good, man, give me another bowl of noodle soup." ”

Tang Shengrong poured a cup of tea for Guo Xuan first, and drank a few sips of hot tea himself, Guo Xuan was also thirsty, took the teacup and drank it all, took a bowl of noodles and ate it, and the two drivers came back after filling the car with water, and also picked up the noodles and ate them.

After eating the noodles, Guo Xuan picked up the tea and eggs, peeled the skin, and said to the guy: "Man, also serve me a bowl of noodle soup." Old Tang, your face is still not very good. I remembered, you go to the car and bring me the coat I took off, with cool oil and Ren Dan in your pocket. There is also the medicine I have to take every day to cure stomach problems. ”

Guo Xuan's position, military rank, and seniority are all higher than Tang Shengrong, and Tang Shengrong is a hitchhiker, so of course he can only do it. He trotted a few steps, found a navy blue half-worn Mao suit jacket from the car and brought it over, Guo Xuan had already eaten the tea eggs, and the tea egg that Tang Shengrong did not eat was also eaten by a driver. Guo Xuan took out the cool oil and Ren Dan and handed them to Tang Shengrong, and took a few stomach pills by himself. said: "I'm a little uncomfortable, dizzy. I'm too tired these days, let's go, and the car will sleep in a while. ”

Guo Xuan got up, suddenly shook his body, he held the table with his hand, Tang Shengrong showed a sneer, sat there and did not move, the two drivers and two escorts were already lying on the table unconscious. Guo Xuan struggled a few times, and finally fell to the ground and fainted. The only tea guest ran over and said, "That's it, old Tang, that's great." It seems that this Guo Xuan is also famous. ”

Tang Shengrong ordered: "Old Dong, you can't use a gun here, and besides, I don't want to kill Guo Xuan right away." Something needs to pry his mouth open before it's not too late to take his life. You go outside and don't let people in. The two of you tie up the people and carry them to the carriage, and we will drive at once and carry this batch of supplies with us. ”

Two Japanese agents disguised as men skillfully tied up Guo Xuan and the other five people, first lifted a driver and walked towards the truck, opened the canvas carport, and pointed more than a dozen black guns at them!

The two of them were shocked, something bad happened! Throwing down the person in his hand and wanting to run, Dai Ru led his subordinates to rush out of the car, some people controlled the Japanese agents, and some rushed into the teahouse to save Guo Xuan.

Tang Shengrong was shocked and immediately reacted, he pulled out his gun in his hand, and knocked down a military commander agent who was untying Guo Xuan with one shot, wanting to accuse Guo Xuan as a hostage and get away with it. Dai Ru's eyes were quick, a shot was hitting Tang Shengrong's right wrist, Tang Shengrong's pistol landed, Dai Ru rushed over to capture Tang Shengrong alive, Dong Hongyi fired several shots at Dai Ru. Dai Ru rolled on the spot to avoid the bullet and shot Dong Hongyi in the abdomen.

With this ease, Tang Shengrong jumped out of the teahouse from the window, and there happened to be a long-distance bus passing by, Tang Shengrong ran a few steps, grabbed a half-open window behind the long-distance car, kicked and broke the window glass, and wanted to jump into the vehicle to take hostages. Dai Ru chased out two shots to deflat the tires of the long-distance car, only to hear a loud "bang", the long-distance car twisted a few, lost its balance, and crashed into a big tree on the side of the road!

In the carriage, Tang Shengrong stood firm, passed the panicked passengers, and went straight to the driver, who held a dagger in his left hand and took the long-distance bus driver as a hostage. He shouted, "No one is allowed to shoot!" Otherwise I'll kill him! ”

Guo Xuan also rushed over and exchanged colors with Dai Ru. Dai Ru sneered: "Tang Shengrong, do you know how much sin you have done? In order to catch you, Mr. Mao can even use Guo Xuan's life as bait, just a long-distance bus driver, will I care about his life? Lay down your arms and stop fighting! ”

Guo Xuan took a few steps back and quietly returned to the teahouse. Tang Shengrong knew that Dai's words were reasonable, but when the matter came, he could only fight to the death, and he scolded: "Hmph! Okay, then fight to the death! Listen, everyone: this person is a military commander, and he himself said that the lives of ordinary people are worthless in his eyes! You're a ghost, and you should remember that this account should be counted on the heads of these military commanders who are careless about people's lives! ”

The frightened passengers of the long-distance bus hid from a distance and watched and whispered. Dai Ru persuaded: "Tang Shengrong, let's work together, as long as you abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, you may not have a way to live!" ”

In the teahouse, Tang Shengrong's three subordinates had already been captured, and a sniper rifle in Guo Xuan's hand had already been aimed, Tang Shengrong said loudly: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!" Give you five minutes to get my men down, or you'll ...... on the Huangquan Road."

A gunshot rang out, Tang Shengrong was shot in his left arm, and under the impact of the huge bullet, he who was already injured took a few steps back, and the frightened hostage followed him two steps back, fell to the ground, and the two rolled together. Dai Ru took the lead in rushing over and controlled Tang Shengrong. The driver's neck was cut open by Tang Shengrong's dagger, and blood flowed down, but fortunately it was not fatal. I was so scared that I couldn't say a complete sentence.

Guo Xuan put away his sniper rifle, as if he was talking to himself: "This distance doesn't need Stationmaster Zhou to make a move, I, Guo Xuan, have no bullets!" He turned his head and ordered: "Telegraph to Boss Dai and Mr. Mao, subordinates and others will live up to their mission and complete the plan of the thorns!" ”

Dai Ru came over to stand by, and Guo Xuan said to him again: "You escort the prisoner back to Mr. Mao first, and I will take care of the aftermath." ”

Dai Ru took the order and left, Guo Xuan ordered: "You guys carefully search this teahouse to see if there are any suspicious clues." ”

Ten minutes later, a subordinate ran over: "Report to Director Guo, go over and take a look, these devils and traitors are too inhuman!" The real owner of the teahouse, his wife, were both killed, and their bodies were dumped in a dry well in the backyard. There are also several tea eggs with powerful sleeping pills like you mentioned, two grenades, and two explosives packets. The subordinates have fished out the bodies and brought them back to find their families, and after they are found, according to your orders, the military commander will come forward to bury them. After the other items are registered, they will also be handed over to the forensic technician as physical evidence. ”

Guo Xuan said "um". Turning to look at several of his subordinates who were unconscious, one of the drivers was mildly poisoned, woke up leisurely, and asked, "Without you, we would have met Hades." Director Guo, your subordinates are strange, how did you see at a glance that there was a problem with tea eggs? ”

Guo Xuan smiled and said: "The two eyes on your head are for seeing, not for looking good, for decoration; The head on your neck is for thinking about problems, not for wearing hats. Tang Shengrong drank tea, noodles, and soup, but did not eat tea eggs in the name of motion sickness. Isn't that obvious? ”

"Of course I understand when you say that, but when it comes to the end, who would have thought of this."

"Unexpected? That's too easy to do, just wait to be the unjustly killed. ”

This book was first published in Reading Rim