Chapter 21: A Critical Moment
After Long Yang separated from the investigators, he immediately set off to return to Fangcun Town, and he wanted to inform Director Zhang Dongfang of what he had seen and heard. In addition, Long Yang has already speculated some clues, which will bring danger to the investigators and must be reported in time.
These villages are too remote from the town, and no matter how anxious Longyang is, it still took a day and a night, just as it did when he came. When Long Yang arrived in Fangcun Town, it was already dark, but the lights in the Fangcun Town Police Station were bright. A few strangers in plain clothes came to the office, discussing something nervously, and the rest of them were busy working. It should be the leader of the city and county, and Long Yang has a bad premonition that something major must have happened.
This operation has been very secretive, so that the leader comes to the office with great fanfare, and no small things will happen. And judging from their tone and demeanor, they were very anxious, worried about something or someone.
It can't be your own trouble! This time, he acted without reporting, disobeyed orders, and was undisciplined, which seemed to be a trivial matter, but it was a big matter to report to the leader.
"Report!" Long Yang entered the office.
"Long Yang, you're back!" Zhang Dongfang took the lead in grabbing Long Yang and pinched his arm.
"I'm back." Long Yang got Zhang Dongfang's signal and didn't dare to talk nonsense. Yu Fei and Tian Tian winked at him on one side, passing on intelligence and information.
"Director, this is Longyang that we just came to, and I sent him out on a mission. No, just came back. Zhang Dongfang introduced Long Yang and squeezed Long Yang's arm hard again. He concealed Long Yang's unauthorized actions and took it to himself, saying that he sent Long Yang out on a mission.
"Hello Director!" Long Yang immediately understood when he heard Zhang Dongfang's words, and immediately saluted the director.
"Well, that's good." The director nodded to Long Yang, turned around and continued to talk to Zhang Dongfang. "Hurry up and sort out the information you reported, and we'll go to your office to study it."
"Yes!" Zhang Dongfang collected the information on the table and left the public office with the director.
"Long Yang, you're finally back! I'm so worried about us! Seeing that the leaders had gone out, Tian Tian immediately ran to Long Yang's side and said complainingly.
"It's okay, I'm not fine. What happened? Long Yang was anxious to know the situation, so he didn't say much to Tiantian.
"I don't know, you don't know this plainclothes, how can we be qualified to know." Seeing that Long Yang snubbed himself, he replied angrily every day.
"Alright, alright. I really have an important situation report, you can say it quickly, don't play with the princess's temper. Long Yang is kind to talk to each other, but he is so anxious now that he can't care about his children's personal affairs.
Hearing Long Yang's perfunctory words, Tian Tian angrily stepped aside and ignored Long Yang no longer.
"We don't really know what's going on. The director of the county bureau in charge of criminal investigation only arrived this afternoon, and he seemed to be in a hurry, but he did not announce anything. Seeing this situation, Yu Fei hurriedly came over and explained.
Deputy Director in charge of criminal investigation? Dressed in civilian clothes and hurrying over, he won't simply do it for the information on the table. And it's still very secretive, and it must have something to do with the anomaly in the village. Long Yang felt that it was necessary for him to report his investigation to the leader, so he immediately walked out of the office.
"Long Yang, where are you going?" Seeing Long Yang walking out, Tian Tian immediately lost his temper, caught up with Long Yang and asked.
"I'll report to the leader." Long Yang said directly.
"Aren't you looking for something now? Zhang Suo just took over the matter of your unauthorized actions, aren't you looking for pleasure when you go at this time? Yu Fei also stepped forward, ready to stop Long Yang.
"You don't know, these situations are very important, even if you punish me, I will also report it." Long Yang's attitude was very resolute, he bypassed the two of them and walked towards Zhang Dongfang's office.
As soon as people approached the office, they could hear the anxious discussion inside. When things happened suddenly, no one was mentally prepared, whether it was a leader or a comrade on the front line.
"Bang bang!" Long Yang knocked on the office door.
"Didn't I tell anyone not to come and disturb me!" Zhang Dongfang's angry voice came from inside the house. He was in a hurry, and then opened the door of the office and saw Long Yang in front of the door.
"Is it Longyang? You hurry up and get together with Yu Fei and them every day, and we'll talk about it later. After Zhang Dongfang finished speaking, he was about to turn around and close the door.
"Slow, I have something to report." Long Yang stretched out his hand against the door and walked directly into the office.
"What's the matter with you?!" Zhang Dongfang deliberately reprimanded Long Yang, he was afraid that Long Yang's recklessness would anger the director, and everyone in this room was in a hurry, who cared about the report of a small policeman.
"Long Yang, you say." The director sat in a chair and beckoned Long Yang to his side.
Zhang Dongfang was stunned, he didn't expect the director to be willing to listen to Long Yang's report, and he didn't have the anger just now. Long Yang didn't understand either, but he still closed the door casually and walked to the director's approach.
"Director, can you tell me what you got first, I am also a member of this operation, I want to know the current situation." Long Yang was not stage frightened, he did not answer the director's question first, but asked to know the latest situation of the operation.
"Dongfang, you can introduce it first."
Hearing the director's words, Director Zhang reacted from a stunned look. He looked at Long Yang puzzled, he couldn't figure out what was going on. Longyang was recommended by Zhu Hongyuan, but why did the county director attach so much importance to Longyang, and he had to listen to Longyang's opinion. Not only that, but Long Yang's seemingly arrogant request was agreed to, and he was still introduced.
"The situation is more complicated than any of us expected. First, according to the information provided by the scouts, all the graves of the dead in the villages were cleared; Second, almost all twenty villages were calm, as if there had been no deaths before; Thirdly, several of our scouts have not been in contact with the command so far, which means that they have lost contact with us. Ahem! After Zhang Dongfang finished speaking, he coughed. These are the things they have so far, especially the last one, where comrades in civilian clothes have lost contact with the organization.
"And where are they? How many people are there? Long Yang didn't mention the previous two pieces of information, because he knew this, and he was concerned about the safety of his comrades.
"The most serious is in the east, where there are two comrades and in the southeast." Zhang Dongfang continued.
"Are the comrades in the southeast putting on the makeup of a villager and carrying a hoe?" Long Yang thought for a moment, and then asked.
"Yes, how do you know?" Hearing Long Yang's question, the director couldn't sit still and stood up to ask.
"I've met him before, but it was a day and a night ago, and I don't know how he's doing." At that time, after Long Yang came out of the first village, he went to the southeast of his current location, and he met the comrade who had the code to him, the villager who carried the hoe.
"Well, that's all we have, what about your report?" After listening to Long Yang's words, the director sat down. Since Long Yang has met it, there should be no problem now. He was a little relieved and was able to sit down again.
"The information I have is the two you mentioned earlier, and there is not much difference." Long Yang replied.
"Oh, then you go out, we're going to talk about something." The director stabilized his mood and waved his hand to let Long Yang leave for the time being.
Long Yang knew that they were all trying to discuss the plan of action and the safety of his plainclothes comrades, so he hesitated and walked to the office door.
"Director, I have a guess, I wonder if you would like to hear it?" Long Yang seemed to have decided something, and resolutely turned back to the director and said.
"Just say." The director's eyes lit up, and he sat up straight as if waiting for the news he was looking forward to.
"The changes in these villages must have something to do with the people in the villages, and, and they should have to do with the dead." Long Yang organized the language, and he didn't know what kind of language he could use to make the people in the room believe his words.
"Long Yang, this is not your character, you can rest assured and boldly say it." The director seemed to know Long Yang very well and encouraged Long Yang to speak freely. This is not the time to pursue this, since there are people who are willing to listen and believe, Long Yang dares to say the guess in his heart.
"Let's put it this way, the people in the village have leveled their graves because the dead have returned!" Speaking the words in his heart, Long Yang breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Huh?" The other people in the room, including the director, immediately stood on the spot and looked at Long Yang in surprise. Some of them didn't believe their ears and looked at each other.
"Long Yang, what did you say?" Zhang Dongfang touched Long Yang and reminded Long Yang to speak carefully. He had good intentions, after all, this place was not a place for nonsense.
"You all get out!" The director came to his senses from the shock, and he kicked everyone else out, leaving Long Yang alone.
"You'll wonder why I know you so well, because I received a message from the head of the city bureau who actually said to listen to you when it comes to special circumstances. It wasn't until tonight that I understood the intentions of the city bureau leaders. "After everyone else went out, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation of the county bureau told the truth." Then tell me why, and I'll hear you. ”
"The reason why the people of the village have returned to their former peace is because the people they lost have returned. Why flatten the grave, because there are no dead people in it. It's weird, and there may be something strange and scary involved. Of course, this is just a guess on my part at the moment. The director has been open and honest, and Long Yang no longer hides what he thinks.
"Anything else?"
"Let our plainclothes come back from the vicinity of the village immediately, lie dormant in the town for the first time, and then continue the operation if there are arrangements. If they still stay below, maybe~" Long Yang didn't say it all, but the meaning was very clear.
"We've realised that we're basically pulling back. There are only three left, and I can't get in touch with them so far. The director did not shy away from it and informed Longyang of the current critical situation.
"If you believe me, how about letting me go back and look for them again?" After Long Yang groaned, he took the initiative to ask for the heavy task of finding comrades.