Chapter 19: The Smell of Blood in the Wind
Last night's wine was drunk until twelve o'clock in the morning. Leng Xiaochen helped the drunk Liang Baihuan to walk in front, and Tan Zhihan was also drunk and dazed, shaking as he walked. Qiao Sanxing helped Leng Xiaochen to help Liang Baihuan, and had to turn around and shout Tan Zhihan from time to time.
Xiao Jianbai was surrounded by Yan Yuqiao, Mei Xiaoting and Liu Rufeng, and asked him to drive them back. When Xiao Jianbai sent the three of them back, it was already more than two o'clock in the morning, Xiao Jianbai looked at the watch on his wrist, and simply drove the car directly to the White Swan Hot Spring Palace.
Leng Xiaochen has always maintained a good schedule, even if he slept late the first night or drank a lot, but the next day he still got up on time and on time, washed, exercised in the morning, had breakfast, and then arrived at the station.
Today is still the same, there was just a snow in the second half of last night, in the white world, full of silver, cold Xiaochen driving, slowly driving on the road, looking at the white world outside the car window, he suddenly felt that he was also integrated into this pure white, no longer a person with blood on his hands, holding a butcher knife in his hand, and shouting Amitabha Buddha in his mouth.
Leng Xiaochen's car slowly drove into the compound and stopped in front of the door. When Leng Xiaochen got out of the car, he saw that Liu Rufeng had just come back from outside. Leng Xiaochen shouted: "Like the wind!" ”
Liu Rufeng ran over, put his hands to his mouth and blew at Leng Xiaochen and said, "So early? It's cold enough, I'll go out for an early meal, and I'll be frozen enough! ”
"Last night, was Jianbai sending you back? I really didn't drink less last night, I see that a few of you are about to pour your sword white down! ”
"Unexpectedly, Xiao Jianbai's amount of wine is so good, Xiaoting and Yuqiao are fine with him!" Liu Rufeng said.
"He, it's a little difficult for a few of you to drink him, I haven't seen him drink too much this kid, every time he stutters and Lao Liang is more, and Qiao Sanxing is also more!" Leng Xiaochen and Liu Rufeng walked in as they spoke.
"Your amount of wine is also good, I remember in Suzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, by the way, as well as Chongqing, Changchun, we have drunk countless times, and I have never seen you more!" Liu Rufeng looked at him and said.
"Where, where, I'm old, I can't drink anymore, haha, by the way, are these guys here?" Leng Xiaochen said with a haha.
Entering the building, Leng Xiaochen touched the radiator against the wall and said with a smile: "Well, this kid is still doing some practical things, Qiao Sanxing has rebuilt the heating system, and now he can warm up and drink too much!" ”
"You southerners are not used to this cold in the north, but the cold in your south is even more terrible, cold and damp, and the room is colder than the outside, it's unbearable!" Liu Rufeng said and looked at Leng Xiaochen and asked, "Did you receive a call from Lao Fang?" ”
Leng Xiaochen turned his head to look at her and said, "No, you should know very well when he will come, right?" ”
Liu Rufeng shook his head and said, "I really don't know, but I want to find out the cause of the scorpion's death before he comes, otherwise, how can I tell him?" ”
"If you don't mention this, I won't say anything, since you mentioned this, I have to ask, the scorpions have been in Harbin for a year, why don't you let me know who they are led by in Harbin? What are you doing? Do these old parties know? If he knows, why don't he tell me about it, at least let me know there's a scorpion group operating on my turf? Oh, now that the scorpion is dead, it's over, and I'm going to have to help find out how it died? Why should I? I'm going to fuck it, don't say kill a scorpion group, it's fucking ......"
"Stationmaster Leng, I can understand what you said, according to my estimate, the old party may not know the specific situation, when he comes, I, let's sit down and have a good chat, won't everything be clear?" Liu Rufeng said.
Leng Xiaochen smiled and looked at Liu Rufeng and said, "You will excuse Lao Fang!" Leng Xiaochen said and pushed open his office door and said, "Come in and talk!" ”
Liu Rufeng followed Leng Xiaochen into the office, Leng Xiaochen closed the door and was just about to take off his coat, when the phone on the table rang, Leng Xiaochen muttered: "Who?" Calling so early? ”
Leng Xiaochen grabbed the phone and shouted, "I'm Leng Xiaochen"
"Stationmaster Leng, I'm Jianbai, oops, I drank too much last night, I sent those aunts and grandmothers back one by one at two o'clock in the middle of the night, I ran to the White Swan Hot Spring Palace, if I go home, I have to let our old man scold me, now my head is still hurting, go over later today, or you come over at noon?" Aren't you scheduled to come here for the night? ”
"I don't know how much you drink? You kid just don't want to come, right, forget it, I'll see if there's anything to deal with in the morning, if it's okay, I'll go over at noon, if there's something, I'll call you again" Leng Xiaochen said and put down the phone and said to Liu Rufeng: "This young master of the Xiao family went to the hot spring palace to enjoy the happiness again, and the excuse was that he drank too much last night and didn't come!" ”
"Hot Spring Palace?" Liu Rufeng asked.
"Yes, the Xiao family's industry, this White Swan Hot Spring Palace is second to none in Harbin, Western restaurants, dance halls, cafes, bars, catering, bathing, accommodation as one, I heard that just for this hot spring palace, the old man of the Xiao family has not spent much money, and there are millions of oceans smashed into it!" Leng Xiaochen's tone carried a kind of envy and a little jealousy. Liu Rufeng looked at him and smiled.
Just when Leng Xiaochen took off his coat and just hung it on the hanger, the phone rang again, and Leng Xiaochen muttered: "It's really weird today, the phone calls are endless!" Leng Xiaochen said and picked up the phone again: "I'm ......"
"I know you're Leng Xiaochen, I'll look for you, I'm Lao Liang, what's wrong? What I said yesterday, why did I forget it after a meal? On the phone, Liang Baihuan asked Leng Xiaochen in his authentic Northeast dialect.
Leng Xiaochen smiled and said, "I thought you drank too much?" Looks like nothing, you say? What are you looking for from me? ”
"It seems that you are really a noble person, how forgetful? Did you really forget? What I said yesterday about the cave in Acheng Black Blind Ridge, do you still want to go and see it? If you don't go, I'll go, and don't forget, the weapons and equipment there are ........"
"Oh, I forgot everything, you don't say it, I really can't remember, go and go, you must go and see, thank you Lao Liang, thank you, you say, when will you leave?" Leng Xiaochen patted his head and said.
"When are you leaving? What are you waiting for? Just start now, go early and return early, on a cold day, the snot is so cold that you have a handful of tears, who wants to run into the deep mountains and old forests? If you want to go, hurry up, I'll be waiting for you at the first checkpoint out of the city," Liang Baihuan hung up the phone after speaking.
Leng Xiaochen took the phone and said with a smile: "This old Liang is like this every time, in a hurry!" ”
Liu Rufeng looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Leng Xiaochen didn't say anything, grabbed the phone on the table and went directly to the Hot Spring Palace: "Pick me up for you Young Master Xiao...... Hey, I said Jianbai, you quickly get up, get in the car, wait for me at the first checkpoint out of the city, and let's go to Acheng together! ”
"What are you doing in Acheng?" Xiao Jianbai asked.
"Don't ask, let's talk about it later, hurry up, I'll go with a few of them here!" Leng Xiaochen hung up the phone and said to Liu Rufeng: "Follow me"
Leng Xiaochen picked up his coat from the hanger and walked out while wearing it, shouting in his mouth: "Mei Xiaoting, Yan Yuqiao, stammer"
When he and Liu Rufeng came downstairs, the three people were already standing in the hall downstairs, and Leng Xiaochen smiled proudly and said to Liu Rufeng: "Look, my people are okay, all the orders are in place!" ”
"Get in the car, stammer, you come to drive" Leng Xiaochen said and threw the car keys to Tan Zhihan, Tan Zhihan nodded and started the car.
The three women sitting in the back seat asked in unison, "Stationmaster, where are we going?" ”
"Black Blind Ridge, fifty miles southeast of Acheng!" Leng Xiaochen replied.
"Hunt, hunt, hunt, hunt?" Tan Zhihan asked, the three women in the back seat all laughed, Leng Xiaochen glared at him and said, "Beat you, you can give me a good drive, no one treats you as a dumb person!" ”
The car soon came to the checkpoint out of the city, Leng Xiaochen saw Xiao Jianbai's car parked next to the checkpoint from afar, Leng Xiaochen smiled and said: "The three of you go to Deputy Station Chief Xiao's car, this car is a little crowded"
The three women looked at each other, no one spoke, Yan Yuqiao glanced at Mei Xiaoting and said with a smile: "Or, Xiaoting, you go?" ”
Mei Xiaoting shook her head: "Why don't you go?" ”
"Okay, I'll go!" Yan Yuqiao said and opened the car door and jumped down, Leng Xiaochen glanced back at Mei Xiaoting and whispered: "You are really humble, you obviously want to go, but you still want to pretend that you don't want to go, you won't be able to catch up with the Northeast girl, go straight to the north, you will suffer like this!" ”
Mei Xiaoting snorted disdainfully: "I have my own way"
Liu Rufeng looked at her and smiled slightly: "If you want to catch the old and indulge, the old routine is not new at all"
"You, do you want to take care of it?" Mei Xiaoting's eyes narrowed, and Leng Xiaochen hurriedly said, "Okay, okay!" ”
"What kind of madness is this surnamed Leng, why did he suddenly run to Acheng?" Xiao Jianbai looked at Yan Yuqiao, who got into the car, and asked.
"It's not going to Acheng, it's the Black Blind Ridge southeast of Acheng," Yan Yuqiao said, pointing to the front and saying, "Look, isn't that the car of Lao Liang of the police station?" Will he go too? ”
Xiao Jianbai nodded: "I saw it when I came, Lao Liang also stretched out his hand from the car to say hello to me, I guess Leng Xiaochen found him to go with him, right?" What are you doing in Black Blind Ridge? It's so cold and snowy, you don't have to go so far to hunt? Besides, what kind of hunting are you fighting? ”
"Fart, there must be something, we just go along, everything has to be done at the right time," Yan Yuqiao said.
At this time, Liang Baihuan's car had already passed the checkpoint, Leng Xiaochen followed behind, and Xiao Jianbai also started the car to follow.
"Eldest sister doesn't have any new instructions, right? Didn't come any news either? Xiao Jianbai asked.
"No, nothing!" Yan Yuqiao replied.
"Then you can only take one step at a time, what is the attraction of this Black Blind Ridge, it is a place infested by bandits?" Xiao Jianbai said.
"Well, it's the territory of the female bandit's little cabbage, are they going to catch the little cabbage? Impossible? Just a few people, without a single soldier or heavy weapon, do they want to go up the mountain to suppress bandits? Yan Yuqiao analyzed.
"Don't talk nonsense, what kind of bandits? The little cabbage is so easy for him to catch Leng Xiaochen? Liang Baihuan has been thinking about this little cabbage for a few years, and he hasn't even seen a figure! ”
"Hehe, Liang Baihuan looks like that, he still dares to worry about the little cabbage, and he is not afraid that the little cabbage will wipe his neck with a knife?" Yan Yuqiao said with a smile.
Half an hour later, the car drove into the mountains, the road was lined with dense woods, and there was hardly any trace on the mountain road after the heavy snowfall, except for the occasional few footprints left on the ground.
Leng Xiaochen just grabbed the handle on the car door and said to Tan Zhihan: "You have to slow down and be steady, the lives of several of us are in your hands!" ”
"Station, station, stationmaster, put it down, rest assured, my heart, my heart ......"
"You, don't say anything, just concentrate on driving your car and follow the car in front of you," Leng Xiaochen looked at him and said.
In the bumps and worries along the way, the car finally drove to the foot of the Black Blind Ridge Mountain. As soon as the car stopped, several people jumped out of the car.
Leng Xiaochen looked at Xiao Jianbai and asked, "Are you okay?" Sobered up? ”
Xiao Jianbai nodded: "What are you going to do here, you came all this way just to see the Black Blind Ridge?" Xiao Jianbai said and sniffed the air vigorously, looked at Leng Xiaochen and said, "Stationmaster, do you smell anything?" ”
As soon as Xiao Jianbai reminded him, several people breathed hard, and Yan Yuqiao spoke first: "There is a fishy smell in this cold air, well, it is a fishy smell, it should be bloody!" ”
Leng Xiaochen looked at Liang Baihuan, Xiao Jianbai looked at Leng Xiaochen and said, "Yuqiao is right, it's the smell of blood, it's not far from here."
Several people took out their guns one after another, and Leng Xiaochen asked Liang Baihuan: "What about the people you sent?" Don't you have a class of people here? ”
Xiao Jianbai walked in front with a gun and said as he walked: "Everyone pay attention to alternate cover, follow me, go forward, this smell should not be far from here!" ”
Several people followed Xiao Jianbai and walked in the direction where the smell was getting stronger and stronger, turning a beam, and everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them......