Chapter 134 Sudden Danger
The cold muzzle of the gun was pressed tightly against the back of the stalker's heart. Shen Lingning could clearly feel his own heartbeat like a drum and the stalker's body instantly stiffening.
This was the first time she actually held a rifle that could kill people. The heavy, cold touch of the metal spread from her fingertips into her heart, bringing an unfamiliar shudder, but more of a ruthlessness that broke out after being forced into a desperate situation.
She is not just an ordinary woman, she is also a military dependent!
The scattered knowledge about firearms that Zhou Weiguo had taught her, as well as the battlefield rules that Zhao Changhe had occasionally mentioned, flashed through her mind.
She took a deep breath of cold air, forced herself to calm down, lowered her voice, and shouted in the most ferocious tone possible: "Don't move! Throw away the gun! Slowly raise your hands and turn around!"
The man shuddered, obviously not expecting the prey to suddenly become the hunter.
He hesitated for a moment, perhaps weighing the chances of resistance: "Sister, is there some misunderstanding between us? Um, it's the villagers on this mountain..."
As he said this, he tried to take action.
Shen Lingning immediately pushed the muzzle of the gun forward, his voice even colder: "Stop talking nonsense, if you want to die, try it!"
The instinct to survive overwhelmed other thoughts.
The man slowly loosened his grip on the gun, and the old rifle fell to the snow with a "bang". Then he slowly raised his hands and turned around.
This is a middle-aged man with a tough face, dark skin, and a look of surprise and a hint of hidden ferocity in his eyes. The sheepskin coat he is wearing looks ordinary, but the skis on his feet are of a more professional standard.
Shen Lingning quickly scanned the surroundings to confirm that there were no other accomplices.
She couldn't fire because the sound would alert anyone else who might be there. She had to act quickly.
"Who sent you here? The people from Medicine King Valley?"
Shen Lingning asked sharply, trying to extract information.
The man was shocked when he heard this. He actually knew about Medicine King Valley?
His eyes flickered, his mouth was tightly shut, and he looked like he was refusing to cooperate.
Shen Lingning understood in his heart, but couldn't ask anything else.
Time was running out, so she no longer hesitated.
While the man's attention was on her face, she suddenly raised the butt of the gun and, with all her strength, hit the back of the man's neck!
"Well!"
The man groaned, rolled his eyes, and fell down limply.
Looking at the man lying on the ground, Shen Lingning's hands trembled slightly, but his eyes were extremely firm.
She knew she had no way out.
She quickly checked to see if the man was truly unconscious, then searched him and found a dagger, some change, and food stamps, but nothing that could prove his identity.
I couldn't drag a grown man, nor could I leave him here to freeze to death or wake up to report the news.
She thought about it, and used the strong hemp rope she took out of her backpack to tie the man up tightly, tying his hands and feet together like a dumpling.
She then tore off her cotton handkerchief, rolled it into a ball, and stuffed it tightly into his mouth to prevent him from waking up and calling for help.
Finally, she dragged the heavy "package" with great effort to a dense, snow-covered dry grass ditch nearby and hid it.
After doing all this, she was exhausted, panting and sweating profusely.
Not daring to stay any longer, she picked up the man's rifle and put it on her back. She carefully cleaned up the obvious traces she had left at the scene, then identified the direction and limped quickly towards the downhill path.
With every step she took, her soaked cotton pants rubbed against her skin like ice armor, but she didn't care.
Shortly after Shen Lingning's figure disappeared around the corner of the mountain road, the man tied up in the dry grass ditch moved his eyelids and slowly opened his eyes!
A hint of cunning and resentment flashed in his eyes, and he began to use his hands, which were tied behind his back, to grope with difficulty for an extremely hidden small leather bag on his waist - inside which was a thin blade for cutting ropes... He was not unprepared.
Shen Lingning followed the route he remembered and rushed down the mountain desperately.
The physical fatigue and coldness almost reached the limit, and I had to rely entirely on my willpower to hold on.
Just when she felt she was about to collapse, she heard hurried footsteps and muffled shouts from the front: "Director Shen! Comrade Shen Lingning!"
It was Xiao Zhang! His face was filled with anxiety as he climbed up the mountain, taking one step at a time.
"Xiao Zhang! I'm here!"
Shen Lingning almost blurted out the words, and his tense nerves relaxed halfway in an instant. His legs softened and he almost fell to the ground.
Xiao Zhang rushed over upon hearing the noise. Seeing her in a state of disarray and pale face, but still relatively intact, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank God! I'm glad you're okay!
I waited down there for too long, and when I heard some unusual noises on the mountain, I got worried and came up here!"
Shen Lingning panted and quickly recounted the incident of being followed and how he subdued the other party and hid himself. He omitted the details of how he used space to create the illusion of disappearance and only said that he used the terrain to launch a sneak attack.
Xiao Zhang's face became serious when he heard this, especially when he heard that the other party had skis and might be from the Yaowang Valley tomb-robbing gang.
"Director Shen, you handled it right! The most important thing now is that you get down the mountain safely and return the medicine. I'll deal with that guy. I promise not to leave any traces and won't alert the enemy!"
As an experienced guard, he was well aware of the importance of clearing out suspicious personnel on the periphery and ensuring the secrecy of intelligence before the troops took action.
Shen Lingning nodded. At this moment, she fully trusted the organization's arrangements and the abilities of her comrades.
She handed the man's rifle to Xiao Zhang and told him the hiding place in detail.
Xiao Zhang asked her to rest and wait behind a large rock in the leeward area, while he sneaked into the forest swiftly and silently like a mountain cat, heading in the direction indicated by Shen Lingning.
The waiting time is extremely long.
Shen Lingning held the backpack containing the honeycomb and silverfish, feeling the faint beating of life inside, his heart filled with longing and expectation for Fubao.
About half an hour later, Xiao Zhang came back with a grim expression. He nodded at Shen Lingning, indicating that everything had been handled.
The two of them said no more and went down the mountain immediately.
Back to the roadside, the jeep was still parked there quietly.
They got in the car, Xiao Zhang started the car, and drove towards Hongling Town, the nearest town with a phone.
When we arrived at Hongling Town, it was almost dusk.
The town is very small, with only one main street. There is a loudspeaker hanging at the gate of the commune compound, playing passionate songs. There are not many pedestrians on the street, most of whom are wearing bulky cotton coats and walking in a hurry.
Xiao Zhang asked Shen Lingning to wait in the car while he quickly walked into the commune compound, showed his ID, and borrowed an internal phone.
Shen Lingning looked out the car window at the evening scene of this northern town in the 1970s. Smoke from cooking stoves curled up, and occasionally people on 28-inch bicycles passed by with a jingle. There was a strange and brief sense of calm in the turbulent times.
The danger she had just experienced in the mountains formed a sharp contrast with this calmness.
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