"What does it matter? I see that you are very healthy and can run and jump recently. Besides, you don't need to catch anyone yourself. You just need to know their whereabouts." Xu Shaohuai completely ignored Jing Ling's question and said in the same tone, "Don't worry, I won't let you work in vain. You can tell me if you have any request. You can also take your time to think about it."
Jing Ling, who originally sounded like a working class person being exploited, agreed without hesitation after hearing this. "I appreciate Officer Xu's kindness, but I will have to trouble you in the future. When will we set off for what you just mentioned?"
There was a suspicious silence of two seconds on the other end of the phone, and then the person said, "Someone will come to pick you up in about an hour."
Jing Ling also fell silent. "Officer Xu, you didn't give me any choice from the beginning."
"Get ready." The person on the other end didn't respond to him. He just gave some instructions and hung up the phone.
Jing Ling tilted his head and said to Shen Ze, "Okay." The latter looked at him with an expression as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. Jing Ling asked, "What?"
"Where are you going?" Chen Ze asked as he put away his phone.
"It's a part-time job. Don't worry, I'll be back soon." Jing Ling said with a smile. He was just an unarmed murderer, but he ran into Changchuling, just to bring him warmth.
Xu Shaohuai gave an hour, but in fact the person arrived after almost forty minutes. They were not from the Qincheng police system, but a special operations team sent directly from above. When they were about to arrive at Yilan Jiaotong University, Xu Shaohuai sent a text message to Jing Ling, asking him to go to the back door of the school first.
During this period, Shen Ze had been with Jing Ling. Although he had not heard what Xu Shaohuai said on the phone before, considering the other party's powerful background, if he could not handle the matter that required Jing Ling's help, it must not be a simple matter, and it might be dangerous. Even when Jing Ling hadn't been injured before, Shen Ze didn't want him to go, not to mention that both of his arms were in plaster now.
But this was always just his idea. Jing Ling had never been the kind of person who would obey orders obediently. Whether or not to do something and how to do it all depended on his own wishes. Since he agreed this time, Shen Ze had nothing else to say except to ask him to be careful. As for accompanying care? He had never even thought about it. There were some things he wasn't supposed to know, and Jing Ling's failure to mention them proved that.
So when Jing Ling received the text message, he only said "Be careful" and then sent the person downstairs.
Jing Ling rented a house outside the school. It took a total of ten minutes to walk from where he lived to the back gate of the school.
In June in Qincheng, the sun was scorching the earth. It was noon and there were hardly any people under the sun. When he walked to the street across the back door of the school, he saw a black SUV parked under the big tree diagonally in front of him from a distance.
The special operations team sent this time consists of three people, two men and one woman, all in their twenties. The girl is codenamed Linghu and is responsible for driving and logistics support. The other two boys, one has a big mouth and the other has a watermelon, and their styles are completely different from the girl.
"I was wondering why the person hasn't arrived yet?" Big Mouth put one leg on the passenger seat back and said with a little dissatisfaction.
"Why are you so anxious?" Xigua next to him glanced at him.
"How can I not be anxious? That bastard hid in there yesterday evening. We learned in junior high school geography that the Changchuling Mountains are relatively primitive, and there are bears, tigers, wolves and all kinds of things in the forest. Didn't we find a wild South China tiger last year? It was even reported in the newspapers. If he's unlucky enough to be taken away and eaten, then our trip would be in vain!" Big Mouth argued.
"I know you were very good at geography in junior high school, but is it necessary for you to show off all the time? Really!" Xigua rolled his eyes.
Big Mouth was not convinced and was ready to continue arguing with Xigua, but at this time the fox spirit in front spoke, "You didn't even know someone was approaching, and you still have the nerve to quarrel!" The two of them perked up when they heard that, and through the rearview mirror of the car, they saw a person walking towards them, only three or four meters away from them. The man was dressed casually and had an extremely handsome face. He looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. His arms were in plaster casts. He was probably a student at a nearby university.
"He's not the person we're waiting for!" Big Mouth muttered and fell back.
Watermelon frowned. The location where they parked was specially selected with a wide view, so they can detect any movement nearby at the first time. Although I came here just to pick someone up, there's no need to be too cautious, but this is a habit I've developed over the years and it's hard to change. It was understandable that he didn't notice it because he was chatting with Dazui, but Linghu was sitting in the front, "Did you just notice it too?" he asked.
"Yeah." The fox spirit who was steering the wheel nodded in response.
There's something wrong with that.
But before he could figure out what was going on, the man had already walked to the side of the car, bent down slightly and spoke to the fox spirit in the driver's seat.
"Changchu Ridge."
The three people in the car were stunned when they heard this. They were sent down by their superiors to carry out a mission, and they were only told to pick up someone at Yilan Jiaotong University, without specifying who the person was. The code name of the joint is "Chang Chuling". In their imagination, the partner this time would be either a university professor or a local of Qincheng who was familiar with the mountains and forests. They never expected that it would be a young boy who was not sure whether he was an adult or not, and a wounded one at that!
"What the hell, is this a mistake?!" Big Mouth couldn't hide his words and turned to say to Xigua next to him.
The latter glared at him and said, "Shut up!"
The fox spirit in front of him slowed down and asked, "What did you say, handsome boy?"
The person being asked smiled at her and said, "Aren't you afraid that if you arrive too late, the target will be taken away by wild beasts for a snack? It just so happens that I also hope to finish the battle quickly, and it would be best if I could come back in time for dinner."
Big Mouth, Watermelon, and Fox: "..."
The girl with short hair leaned over to help open the passenger door. After Jing Ling got in the car, she raised her long legs and closed the door with her toes hooked. The girl probably wanted to help close the door, but she didn't expect this to happen. She retracted her hand halfway and turned the key to start the car. The car slid out of the shadow of the tree and drove towards the suburbs.
"Thank you, my name is Jiang Yang." Jing Ling said.
"You're welcome, Linghu." The girl drove without looking away.
Immediately afterwards, the two people in the back seat also reported their code names.
"Big mouth."
"watermelon."
"Can you tell me the details?" Jing Ling asked. Just now, Xu Shaohuai only told him to go on a mission and promised him some benefits, but he didn't mention anything else.
The three members of the special team originally thought that he was a little unreliable, and after hearing what he said, they became even more worried. They have come all the way from the imperial capital to carry out the mission. It would be embarrassing if they returned empty-handed.
Dazui was straightforward and said, "Little brother, I'm not picking on you. I just think you're injured. We're going to the deep mountains and forests. You don't look like you can help us." As soon as he finished speaking, Xigua kicked him. He glared back, "Why are you kicking me?!"
Xigua was touched by his emotional intelligence and said, "Jiang Yang, don't be surprised. Dazui can't spit out ivory from his dog's mouth."
Jing Ling shook his head and didn't care. If he were assigned such a partner, he would also be suspicious. He explained, "My mission this time is to help you find the target. In the end, you will definitely have to catch him yourself. You will know how to find him when you get there. But before that, I hope you can tell me about the suspect, mainly tell me where he entered the mountain."
Changchuling is a very wide area. Even if it is narrowed down to the section connected to Qincheng, if a person hides there, it would be no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.
Xigua introduced the details to him. What a coincidence, the place where the suspect entered the mountain was exactly the same place where Jing Ling and the crew went last year. At that time, Xiao Hui left and sent them all out. Its huge body opened up a snake path visible to the naked eye, with the unique fishy smell of snakes. Although he has not visited the two of them in the past few months, he has signed an agreement with the army to feed them fresh beef at a regular time and in a fixed amount every week. The person in charge of feeding them will send the surveillance video to his email after feeding.
Tomorrow is the routine feeding time. Wherever Xiao Hui appears, no large beasts dare to approach. If the suspect is lucky and doesn't go too far, he won't be in danger of becoming snack meat in the next two days.
The SUV drove all the way to the suburbs. When they were halfway there, a silver car came from the fork in the road, turned the steering wheel and drove in front of them. Then it drove from the ring road to the village road and finally turned onto the dirt road. It seemed to be heading to their destination.
Just as Xigua became suspicious, they received a call from above, telling them that a new member had been temporarily added to the special operations team. His surname was Song, Song Xiuyuan. Xigua and the others didn't think there was anything wrong, but Jing Ling was a little concerned about this surname and suspected that he was a member of the Dongfang Song family.
The car quickly reached the foot of the mountain and both parties got out. The fox spirit stayed where it was, while the rest of the people went into the mountains together.
Big Mouth and Watermelon walked in front to lead the way, and Jing Ling, who was labeled as injured, only needed to use his mouth to give instructions. He took the same road he had taken the last time he came here. After a few months, the branches of vegetation that had been cut down to open the road had already grown back and were so lush that the road was invisible at a glance.
The birds in the woods were surprisingly active, chirping and communicating with each other.
-How scary! That big monster appears again!
-I just hid here temporarily when I saw it, and will go back after it leaves!
-We have been hiding from it for a long time. That place is obviously ours, why should we let it in as an outsider?
-Because it's fat!
-You can also refuse to let it go, but you might as well take a breath and suck you into its stomach!
-That's not fat, that's huge!
Jing Ling felt like laughing when he heard this, but also felt sorry for these little things.
"Elves, can you do me a favor?" he asked.
The chirping sound disappeared in an instant, and it sounded again after a long time, but it became chaotic and disordered.
-Oh my god, I actually heard the two-legged animals speaking bird language!
-Silly, that's a human, not a biped!
-I remember him, he was in cahoots with that big monster!
-Bad guy!
Jing Ling:? ? ?
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