Just as he had imagined, the police acted so quickly and the journey to Qingdu was smooth.
At 11:30 in the evening, he drove to the vicinity of Qingdu County Public Security Bureau, turned on his hazard lights, and waited for Yuan Fangtai, Zhao Yong and others to arrive.
After waiting for less than ten minutes, Yuan Fangtai and Zhao Yong also arrived in a taxi.
After the three of them met up, they drove west without taking a rest.
"Brother, did we get this batch of goods for free?" Yuan Fangtai couldn't help but ask Yuan Fangguo, with excitement in his words.
Yuan Fangguo had no idea whether Ahua and the others were caught by the police. If they were really caught, they might not reveal the details of the goods. After all, if the amount of smuggling was too large, their sentences would increase accordingly.
After calming himself down, Yuan Fangguo boldly judged that Ahua and the others had definitely been arrested. Just from the dense sirens of the police, it was clear that the police had been keeping an eye on them for a long time, and this was probably a roundup operation.
He expressed his judgment, and Yuan Fangtai and Zhao Yong also agreed with this point of view. However, as to whether Ahua really betrayed them, it was not enough to just guess.
Although they had been communicating with Ah Hua through public telephones before, leaving Ah Hua with almost no real information, according to common sense, even if Ah Hua confessed, he would know their background, let alone where they were from, but there was no guarantee that they had leaked the information inadvertently.
"It's unlikely, but we still have to wait." What Yuan Fangguo meant by "wait" was that this batch of goods cannot be sold in a hurry.
"I hope he won't betray us, or even if he does, the police won't be able to trace this clue." After Yuan Fangtai said this, he couldn't help but pray secretly in his heart.
This batch of goods is worth nearly 400,000 yuan. If everything goes well, it would be like a big pie falling from the sky.
Perhaps because of the lesson they learned from their previous experience of being almost caught by the police, they drove very carefully on their way back, even arriving a whole day earlier than originally planned.
When passing by the county town where Zhang Wei was, Yuan Fangguo called Zhang Wei and invited him out for dinner.
Zhang Wei had just finished his work. Seeing that they had returned from Yangcheng, he changed into casual clothes without thinking and walked out of the Public Security Bureau.
The three of them were not in a hurry to rush back to Chengdu. With the protection of Zhang Wei, a public security officer, they planned to stay in this county for a day to have a good rest.
Driving the car into the backyard of the Public Security Bureau at night, Zhang Wei threw two packs of cigarettes to the old security guard on duty and asked the old man to help keep an eye on it.
The old man readily agreed with a cheerful look on his face. He even asked them to drive the car to the side of the duty room and tied the two local dogs he raised to the front and back of the truck. With the local dogs looking after them, Yuan Fangguo and the others were obviously much more at ease.
To show his appreciation for Zhang Wei's help last time, Yuan Fangguo gave Zhang Wei a Sony Walkman and more than ten cassettes, all of which were pop music by Hong Kong and Taiwan singers.
Zhang Wei initially refused it, but he could not resist Yuan Fangguo's insistence, so he had to accept the gift which was equivalent to more than one month's salary. However, he said that he would treat him to dinner today.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Yuan Fangguo asked about the recent security situation in the area. In fact, he mainly wanted to use this channel to inquire indirectly whether anyone had received any notice of joint investigation.
"It's the same as before. Don't pass through that village when the time comes. Just do as I say and go straight up the mountain and walk during the day." Zhang Wei picked up a peanut and said while chewing it.
"Okay, we won't pass through that village this time. I guess that middle-aged woman has some opinions about you police officers." Yuan Fangguo said with a smile.
"What's the use of having opinions? It's not like they're doing anything glorious. I'm really impressed by these people. They have no knowledge and just rely on this to get rich. They have no skills at all. We just busted a pirated book den yesterday. The guy had connections, but after they busted him, they only fined him and didn't even put him in jail."
"Just a fine?" Yuan Fangguo asked in surprise.
Zhang Wei nodded. "It all depends on connections. He went too far, infringing on the interests of those above him. Then they found a pretext of someone reporting him and shut him down."
“Then the cost is too low.”
"It's relatively low, that's why it's called high-end. If you just want to be a car bandit, once the 'government' really wants to deal with you and launches a crackdown, you won't be able to get out for years."
"Piracy is only subject to fines, but what about smuggling?" Yuan Fangguo asked tentatively.
"Smuggling is different from piracy. Smuggling is clearly prohibited by the state and severely impacts the economy. It's no different from highway robbers, and they're usually violent. We won't show mercy to these people."
"The sentence will probably be quite severe."
"Follow the law and show no leniency."
The four of them ate and talked, and learned a lot of useful information from Zhang Wei. What made them feel relieved was that, at present, they seemed to have not attracted the attention of the police in Yangcheng.
Yuan Fangguo seemed a little worried. After getting up the next day, he called Li Chunli using the phone in the hotel room. He briefly told Li Chunli about the police's crackdown on the smuggling village. At the end, Yuan Fangguo also specifically reminded Li Chunli to pay attention to whether there were any suspicious people around in the next two days.
After listening to this, Li Chunli couldn't help but feel a little worried about them. After hanging up the phone, she immediately hurried back to the stationery store.
After spending a day in the scenic small county town in Hunan, I met up with Zhang Wei in the evening, and the three of us set off at four o'clock the next morning.
After counting on my fingers, I realized that it was exactly nine or ten o'clock in the morning when I passed that place with tough folk customs.
This time they followed the route Zhang Wei pointed out to them, and chose to drive up the mountain when passing the Y-shaped road.
The road on the mountain was newly built, and the condition of the cars was much better than at the foot of the mountain. Although there were many uphill and bumpy roads, at least they drove safely and securely.
However, there is a checkpoint on the mountain that specifically inspects trucks.
Trucks stopped one after another to be inspected. There were not many cars lined up in front of them, only about ten or so. Seeing that it was almost their turn, they suddenly became a little worried.
"Will they check the goods in the truck?" Zhao Yong asked worriedly.
"Our soldier's ID card." Yuan Fangtai said with an idea.
"Yes, soldier's ID." Zhao Yong suddenly realized and quickly took out his soldier's ID.
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