Chapter 84 Human Sacrifice (Part 2)
After Han Jianye got on the taxi they had carefully arranged in Suwan, his expression became serious.
They followed the taxi cautiously, keeping a certain distance and paying close attention to every move ahead.
The air in the car seemed to freeze, the atmosphere was extremely heavy, and everyone was silently guessing what might happen next.
Ye Bai had an ominous premonition in his heart. He said to Captain Yan worriedly, "Captain Han, I am a little worried about the safety of Captain Su."
Han Jianye's eyes darkened slightly, and he responded calmly: "God is merciful and will bless everyone who upholds justice. We have light in our hearts and are not afraid of darkness."
When they arrived at their destination and saw Su Wan getting off the car and walking into the villa, everyone's nerves were stretched to the limit.
Su Wan was wearing a raincoat and an invisible device. He lowered his head and moved cautiously into the villa.
There was only a dim light on in the villa. It was quiet all around, with only the sound of dripping rain accompanying him.
His heart beat faster involuntarily, but his steps were firm, without the slightest hesitation.
However, the moment Su Wan entered the villa area, the communication signal was suddenly interrupted, leaving only a harsh squeaking sound.
Han Jianye anxiously tried to get in touch with Su Wan, but there was no response from the other party.
Ye Bai quickly proposed a possibility: "Is there a signal jammer installed in the villa?"
Han Jianye frowned, his face full of worry: "I hope so."
Waiting is always tormenting. There was still no movement in the villa. Han Jianye began to become restless in the car.
Just as he was about to get out of the car and sneak into the villa to investigate the situation quietly, the emergency moment suddenly arrived.
"Bang!!!" With a loud bang, the sound of glass breaking was heard in the villa.
"Not good!!!" Han Jianye and Ye Bai immediately jumped out of the car and rushed towards the villa.
They rushed into the villa, and the scene before them made their hearts beat faster: Su Wan was fighting fiercely with a man in black.
At the same time, Han Jianye caught a glimpse of another man in black fleeing hastily from the corner of the corridor, and he and Ye Bai immediately chased after him.
Qi Xiaolei and Liao Wei also quickly joined the battle. They rushed towards Su Wan, ready to lend him a hand.
Others also rushed over, ready to join the melee.
"Don't even think about escaping!" Han Jianye shouted, blocking the way of the man in black. Ye Bai followed closely behind him, forming a pincer attack from the front and back.
The man in black looked around, trying to find a chance to escape, and then began to punch Ye Bai.
Ye Bai showed no fear and bravely stepped forward to confront the enemy. The two of them quickly engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand fight.
Their movements were so fast that Han Jianye had almost no chance to intervene, and could only look for the right moment to join the battle.
"ah!!!"
As a terrified scream pierced the night sky, Ye Bai successfully subdued the man in black.
Han Jianye couldn't help but admire Ye Bai's good skills, so he stepped forward and took off the other's mask, but found that the man was not Li Zhimu they were looking for.
Then, they took the man in black to meet up with Su Wan and others, but found that the other man in black captured by Su Wan was not Li Zhimu either.
"We fell into the trap. Li Zhimu didn't come to the villa at all." Ye Bai said in a deep voice.
Afterwards, the group began to search around the villa, but still found nothing.
Han Jianye asked Qi Xiaolei to investigate the ownership of the villa after returning.
When everyone was about to gather and leave, Qi Xiaolei suddenly asked in confusion: "Where is Liao Wei? Why didn't I see him?"
Hearing this, Ye Bai also began to look around. He turned to Qi Xiaolei and asked, "Weren't you two together just now?"
Qi Xiaolei looked confused and replied, "Yes, they were together, but everyone was searching inside and outside the villa just now, so I didn't pay much attention to him."
Han Jianye had a bad feeling in his heart. He picked up his phone and found that there was no signal.
He immediately ordered everyone to form groups of two and enter the villa again to search.
He just couldn't believe that a living person could just disappear out of thin air.
In the tense atmosphere, an investigator suddenly exclaimed: "I found Liao Wei's cell phone, on the grass in the villa garden."
Han Jianye took Liao Wei's phone and fell into a brief contemplation.
"Liao Wei is quite skilled. The fact that his cell phone appeared here means that something might have happened to him and he was taken away by someone." He thought to himself.
Then, he turned around and asked the two men in black anxiously, "Is Li Zhimu hiding here? Who is the mastermind behind you?"
One of the men in black bowed his head and said nothing. Han Jianye grabbed his collar tightly, his face extremely gloomy, "Are you going to tell me or not? Have our people been taken away by Li Zhimu?"
The man in black couldn't help but tremble under Han Jianye's pressure, "Yes."
"Who is your mastermind? What's his name? Is he a man or a woman? Where did Li Zhimu take my people?" Han Jianye asked questions in rapid succession.
The man in black answered hesitantly, "The mastermind is Brother Li. We are an organization that specializes in getting things done for money. We will do anything as long as we are paid. Brother Li is indeed hiding in the villa. He is very skilled and can beat ten people by himself. I guess your people were taken away by him."
"Where did you take it?" Han Jianye asked anxiously.
"Take...take him and bury him alive." The man in black's voice was low and trembling.
"What? What does 'take him and bury him alive' mean?" Han Jianye was so angry that veins bulged after hearing this.
Everyone present was shocked by the words of the man in black, and the atmosphere froze in an instant.
The man in black explained with a trembling voice, "In fact, Brother Li had already anticipated that the matter would be exposed, and he also knew that Ke Dongnan might have been arrested by the police. Later, our employer said that she wanted to find another young man to accompany her son. As for the price, she didn't care, but she required that the place where he was buried alive should be next to her son. So, we set this trap to lure you into it."
Ye Bai approached, his tone sharp as a knife, "You mean, Li Zhimu captured our people to bury your employer's son? Where is the employer now? Who is she?"
"The employer is a wealthy woman who is currently abroad. She entrusted us to do this matter." The man in black replied.
"Asshole!!!" Han Jianye was furious, anger burning in his eyes, "Where is Li Zhimu now?"
The man in black shook his head and explained, "We don't know about this. Brother Li never tells us the information of his employer. He just wants us to wait for you here and then take the opportunity to escape."
Ye Bai whispered to himself, with a hint of cold anger in his voice: "So, Li Zhimu is not the driver of the big boss behind the scenes at all. He deceived Ke Dongnan and used the least money to make them do the dirtiest things. When the matter was exposed, he knew that Ke Dongnan was arrested by us the moment Ke Dongnan called him, so he lured us here and finally arrested Liao Wei in secret. This guy is really insidious and cunning to the extreme."
Time is life. Han Jianye felt that Li Zhimu and Liao Wei would not be able to go far. He quickly issued an order, notifying all relevant departments to set up checkpoints at every street intersection and check each passing vehicle one by one.
When Political Commissar Gao learned of this, he was shocked and angrily slammed the table and said, "This is simply lawless. How dare they kidnap our people right under our noses. Li Zhimu will never take the conventional route. Immediately send people to guard the docks and do not let him escape by boat."
Han Jianye said guiltily: "This is my fault..."
"The most important thing now is to save people, not to pursue responsibility." Political Commissar Gao immediately interrupted Han Jianye.
Han Jianye examined the route map of Fangtingge Villa, frowned, and asked a question: "Strange, there are only two routes here, but our people set up checkpoints at the intersections and found no trace of Li Zhimu and Liao Wei."
Ye Bai proposed a possibility: "This can only mean one thing, there may be a basement or a secret door in the villa. Li Zhimu and Liao Wei may not have left the villa at all, so we can't find any trace of them."
He turned to Han Jianye and said, "My villa has a basement dedicated to storing world-famous wines."
Qi Xiaolei said doubtfully, "But we searched there and didn't find the entrance to the basement."
Ye Bai shook his head and said, "The design of each villa is different. There must be hidden switches and secret doors."
Su Wan suggested: "Then let's find someone who designs villas."
Han Jianye shook his head heavily: "It's too late. We can't wait for the people who designed the villa to come."
Ye Bai looked up at the map, sliding his finger on the touch screen, muttering to himself: "Anming Mountain is in the east, Lujing Mountain is in the south, and Wuming Peak is in the west. The other mountain in the north should be this one. The one where Ke Dongnan was going to hang Tao Xiaoni."
He surrounded the four peaks in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest with circles and drew a cross, with the four corners corresponding to a center point.
Then, he turned to look at Han Jianye and asked, "Where is this center point?"
Han Jianye immediately replied: "It should be the abandoned mountaintop villa area."
Ye Bai immediately thought of a serious question: "Is it possible that Li Zhimu did not go down the mountain at all, but took Liao Wei up the mountain, and the center point corresponding to the four mountains is the burial place of the rich woman's son. Captain Han, I am not proficient in the mysteries of Feng Shui metaphysical calculations, but if my speculation is correct, Liao Wei is likely to have been taken to the villa on the top of the mountain."
Qi Xiaolei exclaimed excitedly: "Xiaobai, you are such a genius. You can actually deduce it from these clues."
Political Commissar Gao looked solemn. While smoking a cigarette, he thought Ye Bai's speculation was both objective and reasonable. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's set off immediately."
Han Jianye looked at Ye Bai anxiously, and suddenly grabbed his wrist, "Let's go, I trust your judgment."
Ye Bai was stunned for a moment, looked at Han Jianye, and replied, "Okay."
At the same time, Liao Wei slowly woke up with a severe headache.
He vaguely remembered that he was searching alone in the garden of the villa when suddenly a man in black covered his mouth and nose from behind. The man's strength was so great that he lost consciousness before he even had time to react.
After waking up, Liao Wei found himself trapped in a pitch-black environment. It was dark all around him and he couldn't move. When he reached out his hand, he touched the cold, hard wooden board. Breathing became increasingly difficult, and a suffocating feeling of fear surged into his heart. He screamed with all his might, "Where is this place?! Let me out!"
Han Jianye and his companions' vehicle sped through the night, circling among the mountains like a flying dragon.
They have to race against time. If Liao Wei is really buried alive by Li Zhimu, then they don't have much time to save Liao Wei.
Qi Xiaolei's eyes were glistening with tears as she wiped them away secretly in the dim carriage. Everyone in the team was in an extremely heavy mood, and occasionally one could hear Qi Xiaolei's sobs, which she was trying hard to suppress.
They parked the car in front of the gate of the villa area on the top of the mountain. The entire villa area was immersed in deep darkness.
Han Jianye quickly gave orders, asking everyone to enter the villa area to search.
Several drones hovered in the air, providing lighting for the search team and transmitting real-time video footage.
Their goal was to look for any signs of human disturbance on the ground, which would most likely be the location where Liao Wei was buried alive.
Ye Bai speculated that Li Zhimu couldn't have gone too far carrying Liao Wei.
Just then, he heard a rustling sound not far away. "Who's there?"
Han Jianye also caught the sound, and he and Ye Bai moved carefully towards the source of the sound.
Suddenly, a dark figure emerged from the shadows of the villa.
Ye Bai called out tentatively, "Li Zhimu, is that you? Come out if you have the guts, don't play tricks here!"
Han Jianye commanded the drone to focus the light on their location, which revealed Li Zhimu hiding in the dark.
As soon as he saw Li Zhimu, Ye Bai's heart started beating faster.
His intuition was right, he actually guessed it right.
Li Zhimu did bring Liao Wei to the mountaintop villa.
This meant that Liao Wei was nearby and they were not far from finding him.
Seeing that Han Jianye and Ye Bai were not afraid at all, Li Zhimu smiled provocatively, "Shoot! If I die, you won't be able to find your companions."
Han Jianye handed the gun to Ye Bai. He twisted his neck and slowly walked towards Li Zhimu with an expression that said "I've been patient with you for a long time". Then the two of them started to fight fiercely.
There was a tension in the air.
Li Zhimu's muscles were tense and his eyes were sharp, he was like a wild beast ready to pounce on its prey.
Han Jianye threw a punch fearlessly, aiming directly at Li Zhimu's face, his movements swift and accurate.
Li Zhimu dodged sideways swiftly, and the fist grazed his cheek, creating a gust of wind.
Han Jianye quickly counterattacked and hit Li Zhimu's abdomen with a hook punch, causing him to bend over in pain.
Han Jianye is now so angry that he has no place to vent. Anyone who dares to touch his team will be beaten up together with them, even if they are ghosts.
It was just two people engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand fight, punching and kicking each other, and each attack was full of power and determination.
The sounds of sweat and panting intertwined as their figures moved quickly under the dim light until Han Jianye finally found his weakness and hit Li Zhimu in the chin with a heavy punch, causing him to fall to the ground. The fierce fight came to an end.
Han Jianye put Li Zhimu's hands behind his back and handcuffed him.
"Where are my people?" Han Jianye asked sharply.
Li Zhimu just laughed breathlessly and didn't answer Han Jianye's question.
Han Jianye punched him in the face. "Are you going to tell me or not? Where did you bury me?"
"Heh, I'm going to die anyway if I'm caught by you, so I'll let your colleague be buried with me. If you have the guts, find one yourself."
Ye Bai was instantly furious when he heard this. He grabbed his collar and asked him harshly, "For the sake of money, you can actually destroy your conscience and disregard other people's lives. Now you still don't repent."
Li Zhimu snorted coldly, looked at Ye Bai and said, "Wealth and honor are sought in danger. Money, make money. That rich woman gave me 5 million, 5 million, and asked me to kill someone. What's wrong with that? With this money, I will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life."
"Asshole." Ye Bai angrily punched him in the face, knocking him down.
Time passed quietly during the intense search. Qi Xiaolei's face became more and more anxious. She searched for Liao Wei in every corner of the villa area.
Her face was as pale as paper, and the scenes of her and Liao Wei playing and working together on a daily basis kept replaying in her mind.
Suddenly, she vaguely caught a series of "knock, knock, knock" sounds. The sound was intermittent and so weak that it was almost swallowed up by the night.
She stood there, closed her eyes, and tried to calm herself down so that she could listen more carefully.
Her heart was beating like a drum, and her intuition told her that Liao Wei was not far away.
The sound rang again, "knock, knock," this time there was an interval of 5 seconds, and then 8 seconds again. She followed the source of the sound and finally came to the green lawn in the back garden of the villa.
She whispered to herself, "The sound seems to come from here."
She squatted down, looked at the lawn carefully, and found signs that someone had turned it over.
Then, she vaguely heard the sound of "knock, knock, knock". Although it was brief, it was enough to make her sure.
She immediately fell to the ground and began to pound the ground frantically, "Is it Liao Wei? Is it Liao Wei?"
Then, the "knock, knock, knock" sound came from under her again. Qi Xiaolei was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes. She ran out frantically to look for someone, "Found him, I found Liao Wei!"
Her voice echoed in the night sky, carrying endless hope and joy.
Han Jianye and Ye Bai heard Qi Xiaolei's cry and immediately ran towards the direction where the voice came from.
Li Zhimu had a gloomy face as he was escorted into the car by other team members. He kept muttering to himself, "Impossible, how could you find him? This is absolutely impossible."
His voice was filled with disbelief and despair.
At the same time, Liao Wei was sweating profusely and had difficulty breathing. Lack of oxygen made his consciousness begin to blur.
The watch on his wrist shattered from the constant hitting. He was not sure whether Captain Han and the others could find him, but he had done his best to fight for his life.
As long as the people outside could hear the sound of him knocking, he believed they would keep looking for him.
Just when he was about to lose consciousness completely, he vaguely heard a noise coming from outside, shouting, and the sound of shovels digging the soil. These sounds were getting closer and closer, and each one was so familiar.
He pinched his thigh hard, and the pain made him realize that this was not a dream.
Then he heard the sound of a wooden board being pried open, and sand and light swirled in. His breathing suddenly became much smoother.
Then he saw the familiar faces in front of him, their faces showing a mixture of nervousness and excitement.
Liao Wei's tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes. Yes, he was saved.