It is a long way from Huacheng back to Xizhou.

In an era when there was no highway network, trucks had to travel only on national and provincial roads, and the journey took 14 hours. Li Yunhai and the others left the city at 10 o'clock in the morning and arrived in Xizhou city at 0:00 in the evening.

Li Yunhai intended to befriend Ding Qiang, and talked to him all the way, and wrote down two phone numbers that could contact Ding Qiang.

Ding Qiang has a place to stay in Xizhou and Huacheng, and there are telephones on both sides to contact him directly.

After all, in these years, the drivers of the unit have a very high status, which is equivalent to section-level cadres!

Especially in the mountainous areas, once the steering wheel turns, the county magistrate will not be changed!

In the evening, Ding Qiang stopped at a roadside restaurant for dinner.

Ding Qiang often runs this line, and he is familiar with the hotel owner, and greets each other warmly.

The two people ordered three dishes, two bottles of soda, and spent five dollars.

Li Yunhai took the initiative to settle the account.

When refueling, Li Yunhai wanted to pay for the gas, but was stopped by Ding Qiang and said that you don't have to pay, this is all reimbursed by the government.

When I got back on the road, it was already dark.

Li Yunhai paid attention to the road signs outside, and knew that the car was getting closer and closer to the boundary of Xizhou.

"Brother Ding, you often run Huacheng alone, and you have to drive for more than ten hours each time, are you tired?"

"It's okay, anyway, when I get to the destination, I'll cover my head and sleep well, and then I'll go after sleeping."

"Why don't you have a partner?"

"I have a partner who took leave to go back to the countryside to get married, and he will come back after a while."

"Brother Ding, are you married?"

"It's over, and there are two children, the older one is in the fourth grade, and the younger one is in the second grade. My wife lives in the countryside with two babies! I can't be transferred into the city for the time being. ”

"Brother Ding, where are you from?"

"I'm from Meishan County."

"Hey, Brother Ding, this is a coincidence, I am also from Meishan. You don't speak with a hometown accent at all. ”

"You don't speak with a local accent! Oops, we're still fellows! Where is Meishan? ”

"I'm from Baixi Township."

"That's a fellow! I'm from Sungai Township, right next door to you. ”

The more the two talked, the more speculative they became.

By about ten o'clock in the evening, the front section of the road was under maintenance and needed to be rerouted.

Ding Qiang drove the truck, turned into another road, drove for a while, and suddenly said: "The road ahead is not smooth. ”

Li Yunhai looked outside through the window glass and said, "This is a rural place." ”

Ding Qiang was about to speak, when several dazzling lights suddenly projected in front of him.

Someone stood on the side of the road and shone a miner's lamp at a passing vehicle in order to get the driver's attention and force the vehicle to stop. But this is very dangerous, the driver is disturbed by the strong light, which is equivalent to when the car is cared, the incoming car turns on the high beam, it is easy to have blind spots, and accidents will occur if you are not careful.

Li Yunhai raised his hand to block the strong light, and said angrily: "Who is so lacking in morality? This is nothing short of murder! ”

Ding Qiang seemed to have taken precautions and slowed down the car.

Under the white light, at the bend in front, four or five strong men stood, and in the middle of the road there was a simple wooden horse rejection, like a toll railing, blocking the road.

Li Yunhai was secretly taken aback!

This is clearly a car robber and road rage who blocks the road and robs!

Ding Qiang was very calm, he bent down slightly, picked up two wrenches from his feet, and handed one to Li Yunhai: "Take it for self-defense." ”

Li Yunhai took the wrench.

The steel wrench is very heavy, and it is heavy to start with, and if you take it according to people's heads, you will definitely be able to open the scoop!

Ding Qiang thrust the wrench into the belt behind his back and covered it with his shirt.

Li Yunhai also learned from him, and did the same thing, his belt buckle was relatively loose, and he tightened his belt again for fear that the wrench would fall into the crotch of his pants.

At this time, two shirtless strong men came over, straightened their arms, slapped the glass window of the cab of the truck, and shouted outside at the same time, asking Ding Qiang to open the door and get out of the car.

Ding Qiang rolled down half of the window glass and asked, "Fellow, what's going on in front?" ”

A man with a tanned face, raised his head, and said angrily: "Get out of the car and talk!" ”

Ding Qiang said slowly: "I'm a military vehicle!" I'm in a hurry! The major event of the military aircraft has been delayed, not to mention you, even if your regional director is here, he can't afford this responsibility! ”

Li Yunhai thought to himself, this person is worthy of often walking the rivers and lakes, and he knows the ability to brag and scare people.

The two men were visibly stunned.

Borrow a few leopard guts, and don't dare to rob military vehicles!

The black face pointed to the side of the horse and said loudly: "I don't care what car you are!" This afternoon, my wife was hit by a passing car on this road, and it cost more than 3,000 yuan to see a doctor and treat her injuries! The driver and the car who caused the accident escaped, we had no choice but to block the road to collect money, when we collected enough money, when did we withdraw from the post! ”

Only then did Li Yunhai see that on the side of the road in front of him, there was a cart parked on it, and a middle-aged woman was lying on it.

It is difficult to know whether this is true or not, perhaps the local villagers set up a name to make excuses for blocking the road and tolling.

Ding Qiang said in a deep voice: "That has nothing to do with us!" My car has been in Huacheng and has just returned to the province. And I never went down that path! There is a wrong, there is a debtor, you should go to the police station to report the case! ”

The black face was very impatient, and waved his hand rudely: "I don't care!" Give me 300 dollars and I'll let you go!" Otherwise, your car won't want to leave today! ”

Three hundred!

It is equivalent to half a year's salary income of ordinary people!

These people really dare to open their mouths to ask for money!

Li Yunhai said in a low voice: "Brother Ding, can you go over?" ”

When those strong men saw that the car didn't know each other, they all gathered around, three people lined up in front of the car, and two people grabbed the window to prevent the car from driving away and rushing to the card.

Ding Qiang was helpless, in this case, it was impossible to break through.

He turned his head to Li Yunhai and said, "Don't get out of the car." ”

Li Yunhai followed him out of the car, and the two stood side by side.

Both of them are sturdy, tall, and have a righteous and awe-inspiring momentum.

But the villagers were not reasonable, let alone afraid of them, and just reached out and asked for money.

Li Yunhai sneered, suddenly walked in front of the cart, and shouted at the woman lying on the cart: "Ouch! There's a snake on this cart! ”

It's a summer night, and it's normal for a snake to appear on the side of the road.

Li Yunhai's shout immediately frightened the women on the cart.

I saw her scream in fright, and then she got up, jumped directly onto the road, and ran wildly, screaming as she ran: "There are snakes!" There are snakes! ”

The strong men ran over and shone around with miner's lamps: "Where is the snake?" ”

Someone shouted: "Eat the stew!" ”

However, there are no snakes!

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "That's what you said, this woman was hit by a car?" It takes more than 3,000 yuan to be cured? I see that she is faster than me, and she doesn't look like an injured person at all! ”

The lie was exposed, and the strong men were stunned one by one, looking at each other.

Ding Qiang gave Li Yunhai a thumbs up and praised him for doing a good job.

A guy with a meaty face stepped forward and pointed at Li Yunhai and said, "Don't be verbose!" If you want to pass through here, leave the money to buy the road! ”

Li Yunhai's eyes flashed, he lifted his pants, tied up a posture, pulled out the wrench with his backhand, held it tightly in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "When we go out, we are also begging for a life, and it is not easy to make a few dollars!" Do you want to get something for nothing? There are no doors! Lao Tzu didn't plan to go back alive when he came to this world. If you have a kind, let the horses come! Today, either you will kill us, or we will kill you! ”

Seeing this, Ding Qiang also pulled out a wrench with his backhand, stepped forward, and formed a horn with Li Yunhai. Although he retired from the army, he wore army green clothes and pants, coupled with his board head and majestic posture, which gave people a great deterrent.

Li Yunhai simply followed Ding Qiang's lies and continued to deter this group of people: "You have also seen it, we are driving a military vehicle!" We are soldiers! If you really dare to do it, the nature will be serious! If you know each other, you will move the rejection horse away and let us go! We don't care whose car you're going to stop next! Well water does not interfere with river water! ”

These words were loud and sonorous, and they frightened those people.

Although there were five strong men over there, they were hesitant to move forward.