Chapter 110 (Final Chapter)
"Squad Leader Ye, look!"
Chen Yun quickly pointed out these words to Ye Jian. Sun the blacksmith's wife hurriedly saw Chen Yun off, apparently because Sun Yaowu had returned early.
Ye Jian, with a cold expression, folded the bundle and stuffed it into his military uniform pocket: "Leave the rest to us."
The message has been reported to the troops, and Ye Jian's order is to wait until Chen Yun is safely out of the village before making further arrangements.
Chen Yun brought back another important piece of news, suggesting that the upcoming battle might be subject to change.
Let's go!
He glanced at the village gate tower, then led the way out of the tent, directing the soldiers to pack up all the supplies for the encampment.
"There are people watching us upstairs, don't look up at the gatehouse."
With just one glance, Ye Jian spoke with absolute certainty, and there were more than one pair of eyes lurking inside, giving off a chilling feeling of being watched by a pack of wolves.
This is an intuition honed on the battlefield, and it's never wrong.
Chen Yun was relieved that she had only untied the bundle from the outside; if the person on the gate tower had seen her pointing to those words, Li Tingxiu would have been in danger.
Soon, the team finished packing up and left the camp.
As a small group of soldiers in military green slowly disappeared at the end of the mountain road, the man monitoring from the gatehouse finally let out a long sigh.
"Notify Sun Liang to increase patrols tonight."
"yes!"
At the command of the man with the crew cut, all the villagers of Changsun Village sprang into action, and every man in the family received a hunting rifle loaded with bullets.
The village was so quiet on the first night that even footsteps were clearly audible.
On the second day, the third day... the medical team passed through Changsun Village.
As if nothing had happened, Chen Yun walked to the village entrance and loudly asked if the village needed a medical team to provide free medical services, but the answer was, unsurprisingly, a polite refusal.
The man who answered had a full beard, and although he spoke politely, his eyes couldn't hide the coldness in them.
Like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, waiting to strike at any moment.
Chen Yun smiled and chatted with the other party for a few words before leading the team away.
A few streaks of military green were mixed in with the medical team as they disappeared into the distance at the end of the mountain road. The bearded man breathed a sigh of relief.
They're finally gone...
The medical team, which had finally been sent away, stopped at Tupo Village, a mountain away from Changsun Village... although this village was no longer on the list of villages the team was supposed to visit for the free clinic.
The village was very quiet; apart from a few villagers working in the fields, there were hardly any people around.
As soon as the group reached the big tree at the village entrance, a young man wearing a gray jacket that revealed his muscular arms came to greet them.
This person was none other than Squad Leader Ye Jian, who was not in the team.
"Director Chen, the medical team can go into the ancestral hall to rest now."
"OK."
"Squad Leader Ye."
Ye Jian saw that he had completed the task assigned by the platoon leader and was about to leave after sending the medical team to the ancestral hall when Chen Yun suddenly called him back.
"This is a drawing of Changsun Village from memory. I don't know if it will be helpful to you?"
The torn page of the notebook contained a detailed drawing of the layout of Changsun Village, along with numbers for the houses, and a special note indicating the rooms in the village where guns and ammunition were stored.
"Thank you, Director Chen." Ye Jian accepted the gift, his face serious, and promised, "Rest assured, we will definitely rescue all the trafficked women!"
I believe it!
Although military uniforms are not visible in the village, the presence of soldiers can be seen everywhere.
Even those men working in the fields, all of them had dark skin and a menacing air about them; they hardly resembled the image of honest and simple farmers.
It's just that everyone chooses not to point it out.
Chen Yun entered the ancestral hall feeling relaxed.
"Finally, I can get a good night's sleep tonight!"
The ancestral hall had been arranged and furnished before their arrival. The men slept in the main hall of the ancestral hall, while the women were arranged in one of the few rooms.
Several men lay down on the bed without even taking off their clothes.
Although they hadn't directly experienced what happened in Changsun Village, they were still worried about it these days, concerned about the safety of the female comrades who had entered the village, and regretful that they couldn't witness the troops besieging this cannibalistic village.
Jiang Changjun was lounging around with his legs crossed, when he suddenly saw Chen Yun walk by and remembered something.
"Director Chen."
"What's wrong?" Chen Yun asked.
"Yesterday, Dean Hu personally called the town's central hospital to inform you that your research project application has been approved at a hospital meeting!"
A huge surprise suddenly came crashing down on us.
"So fast!"
"congratulations!"
Jiang Changjun was quite clear about the ins and outs of the matter. Chen Yun was young and inexperienced, yet she was able to gain the full support of the hospital, which meant that she had gained unquestionable recognition among the various factions within the hospital.
"This is just the first step; the real challenges are yet to come."
"As long as the hospital supports it, it will definitely pass the city's approval process." Jiang Changjun became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he were a participant himself: "As long as you can get the support of the majority in the final stage, your research project is basically guaranteed!"
"Thank you for your kind words." Chen Yun smiled, his gaze sweeping over Jiang Changjun's excited face: "Let's cooperate if there's an opportunity."
Jiang Changjun nodded with a smile, completely ignoring Chen Yun's words.
They hadn't been resting inside for long when a sudden knock on the door interrupted their conversation.
Is Director Chen here?
Chen Yun was startled and immediately sat up, answering as she got out of bed and opened the door.
"Squad Leader Ye?"
"Director Chen, our company commander wants to ask you something." Ye Jian scratched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly, a blush creeping up his dark skin: "We don't quite understand the drawing you made."
"OK!"
"Don't laugh at me, Director Chen... The battalion commander and political commissar went on a disaster relief mission, and the rest of us are just a bunch of rough old men who haven't read much books."
Ye Jian felt ashamed as he spoke, and even the roots of his ears turned bright red.
The company commander was the most educated man in their unit, but even after studying the paper for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. In the end, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and ask Chen Yun, who had drawn the diagram, for help.
Meanwhile, the company commander was scratching his head in frustration as he looked at the picture.
Chen Yun's writing with a pencil stub was somewhat messy and cursive, perhaps because he wrote quickly, and much of it was a blurry mess.
It's really no wonder that Company Commander Zhou couldn't read...
"Company commander, I've brought Dr. Chen here."
"Come and see what kind of rubbish you've written... Dr. Chen?"
Company Commander Zhou was an impatient man. As soon as he heard Ye Jian's voice, he jumped up with the paper in his hand and almost shoved his hand into Chen Yun's face.
Then... he saw that the person standing opposite him was actually a rather young woman.
"Ye Jian!"
The next moment, another person with a red face and thick neck appeared. Company Commander Zhou glared at Ye Jian, still not satisfied, and kicked him again: "Why didn't you say that Director Chen is a female comrade? Otherwise, would I have spoken to her with such a bad attitude!"
"Company Commander!" Ye Jian cried out, clutching his backside and backing away in grievance.
The company commander didn't even ask if Dr. Chen was male or female. Did he expect him to specifically state that she was a female comrade...?
"At the time, I was only thinking about finishing the drawing as soon as possible, so my handwriting became more and more sloppy." After looking at her own handwriting, Chen Yun admitted her mistake with a face full of guilt: "It's my fault."
The doctor's prescription was probably incomprehensible to ten ordinary people, but Chen Yun's handwriting was almost identical to the prescription's font.
It's really not their fault...
He pointed out each of the marked points on the map to Company Commander Zhou and then explained in detail the numerical patterns in the arrangement of the houses.
"You mean the house to the left of the blacksmith Sun's is number thirty-nine? Thirty-two shouldn't be thirty-nine regardless of left or right." Company Commander Zhou quickly caught the problem with the numbers Chen Yun was emphasizing.
"I find it strange too."
A few days ago, when Chen Yun was in Changsun Village, he didn't have time to think. It wasn't until he was drawing the diagram that he realized these numbers probably didn't mean house numbers.
Unfortunately, she didn't have the opportunity to walk around the village at that time; at most, she only roughly remembered a few numbers when she passed by.
As she explained to Company Commander Zhou, a sudden inspiration struck her as her fingers traced the numbers.
"Company Commander Zhou, look!" Chen Yun pointed to number thirty-nine and several odd-numbered numbers: "Look, isn't this connected into a line...? The two ends point to the ancestral hall, and..."
The straight line runs from number 31 to 39. Although the middle part is not visible, it can be deduced from the surrounding scattered and unrelated numbers that 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 can be connected to form a line.
Number 31 points to the ancestral hall, while Chen Yun remembers that behind house number 39 should be the southwest corner of the wall.
"Sun Yaowu led his men back to the village so quietly that even Squad Leader Ye and the others didn't notice. Could it be that they came in from here? Then they went through the odd-numbered courtyards to reach each house, without having to take the main road of the village... I suspect there are tunnels under the houses!"
Company Commander Zhou raised an eyebrow, his smile full of admiration.
While Zhou Lianchang admitted he was no match for Chen Yun in writing cursive, he was certainly not afraid of Chen Yun when it came to observing the situation.
From the moment Chen Yun mentioned those numbers, we had already pieced together a similar conclusion to Chen Yun's.
Company Commander Zhou thought even further ahead than Chen Yun, believing that the tunnels were not only used for movement, but also most likely concealed as an important route for trafficking women and children.
"Thank you, Dr. Chen, for saving us a lot of trouble in this operation."
Company Commander Zhou certainly couldn't explain the details of how the team should operate to Chen Yun.
"I'm glad I could help!" Chen Yun didn't press further. He patted his chest and wisely stood up to take his leave. "I mentioned a midwife named Yang to Squad Leader Ye. She's the one who tells us everything in the village. If you need directions, just ask her!"
"become!"
As soon as Chen Yun left, the room, which was being used as a temporary command post, immediately became busy.
Groups of soldiers disguised as villagers left the village and approached Changsun Village from different directions in the mountains to conduct reconnaissance, making sure to find out the other exits of Changsun Village before launching a full-scale attack.
Unbeknownst to Chen Yun and the others, after resting for a day in Xiapo Village, the medical team set off again.
The constant travel and the ever-increasing number of people seeking medical help kept Chen Yun extremely busy, leaving her no time to inquire about news from Changsun Village.
Five days later, Ye Jian led his team to the village entrance and resumed his duty of protecting the medical team.
Chen Yun finally learned the situation from his nonchalant account.
The team found two exits hidden in the melon field, one of which was in the direction of the southwest wall that Chen Yun had guessed.
The company sneaked into the village through the entrance and engaged in a small gunfight with the human trafficking gang led by Sun Yaowu.
Ye Jian summed up the battle in four words: "A bloodless victory."
All the men in the village were arrested, and several homemade guns and one homemade cannon were seized.
When Ye Jian left, Company Commander Zhou was leading the midwife surnamed Yang from house to house to find out which women had been trafficked.
These individuals will be properly accommodated by the Mengding County government.
Chen Yun smiled, put her stethoscope back on, and got back to work...
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