Chapter 256

Rock Core

The camera factory closes at six o'clock, and the warehouse behind it closes at half past five.

At present, in camera factories, because the production of cameras cannot keep up with the demand, many people are willing to pay a high price to purchase a camera with a Beijing license plate. To retrieve a camera from the warehouse is as safe as going through security check.

After Nie Weimin and Leng Qi carried Su Xiangdong out, Weimin used wire to throw open the door at the back of the camera factory warehouse and sneaked into the warehouse.

Leng Qi gave Su Xiangdong some water, and he swallowed all the water and it turned into blood, but he finally woke up.

"Now you have to tell me how many people are above you and what functional positions they hold. Also, you must be hiding evidence of your conspiracy to commit corruption, Su Xiangdong. We risked a shooting in the capital to get you out. You won't let us brothers go to jail, will you?" Leng Qi pinched Su Xiangdong's collar and shook him wildly.

"Uncle Leng, you'll shake him to death if you do that."

"Where's your dad? When can he get a car here?" Leng Qi was also anxious. "He just fired a gun. The road must be closed now. This is the capital, a place we are not familiar with. How can we get out of here?"

At this point, Leng Qi blamed Nie Weimin again. "We agreed to just conduct reconnaissance and figure out a retreat route before taking action. But you attacked first. Weimin, can we not be that efficient in doing things in the future?"

He is so efficient that most people simply can't keep up with his speed of response.

At that time, police were investigating the sound of gunfire in Dong'an Market and traced it to the camera factory.

"Has everyone here gotten off work? Go to the front and ask them to open the door so we can investigate," said the police.

Leng Qi was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down. "I told you, they will definitely chase us."

Wei Min was not in a hurry at all. He waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, my dad is outside."

His father is outside. If he sees people coming here to investigate, he will definitely try to attract the attention of the police outside.

"Hello, public security comrades, I am planning to go to Dong'an Market. How can I get there?" Sure enough, Nie Gong stopped several public security officers and said.

He was handsome, with a righteous and solemn look, and he was holding a small briefcase with "Great Hall of the People Souvenir" written on it. He looked like an intellectual at first glance, and the police could not imagine that he was the one who fired the gun.

"Comrade, just around the corner is the Dong'an Market. We are busy, so we won't take you there. Are you from out of town?"

"I'm here for a meeting. My son just got married and hasn't bought any gold items yet. He asked me to go to Dong'an Market to buy a gold bracelet for my daughter-in-law." Nie Gong said hurriedly.

A policeman said, "You look young if I call you Grandpa. You already have a daughter-in-law. It's already eight o'clock. The Dong'an Market has closed long ago."

"What should I do? Do I have to buy the ones sold on the street? The seller said they are cheap, only fifty yuan for a gold bracelet, but I'm afraid it's fake."

"Who is selling gold bracelets on the roadside?" Several police officers immediately became interested.

The worker said, "Just across the street, there's a store that sells not only gold bracelets, but also frozen abalone and lobster. A box of two abalones only costs three dollars, which is really cheap. Unfortunately, it's frozen and I can't take it home."

Several police officers looked at each other and turned and left before waiting for the security guard in front of the camera factory to open the door.

Why? Because just now there was a gunshot in the Dong'an market, and frozen seafood was scattered all over the floor. The police initially suspected that it was a group of people who stole seafood.

After all, abalone and lobster are rare items in Beijing, so it seems reasonable to say that someone stole them and sold them.

When the police left, Nie Gong knocked on the iron-barred window a few times and shouted, "Guardians, get ready. I think your mother is coming soon."

Nie Weimin turned around and prepared to carry Su Xiangdong on his back. "Uncle Leng, hurry up and hold on."

Miss Chen was driving along, with Nie Weijiang beside her, who was looking at a map and giving directions. He had a walkie-talkie in his hand, and something was ringing in the walkie-talkie. This was the public security frequency band, and Nie Weijiang overheard it.

"The latest instructions are to check a large truck traveling in the main city area. There may be criminals there," the voice on the intercom said.

Dandan said, "Mom, the other party is talking about our car."

Chen Lina then changed direction and avoided the police who were setting up roadblocks in front.

"You know, it won't be so easy to enter and leave the capital in the future." Chen Lina said with a smile. Not to mention the traffic restrictions during rush hours, small passenger trucks and large trucks like ours are not allowed to enter the city.

But in the 1980s, the streets were wide and there were few cars, and there were no traffic restrictions in front of Tiananmen Square unless there was a major event.

It's already past eight o'clock. There are no shops or family areas behind the camera factory, so there is basically no one here at this time.

Xiao Nie was standing halfway. When he saw Chen Lina brake, he waved his hand hurriedly. Leng Qi had already carried Su Xiangdong out.

"Mom, hurry up, my dad is waiting for us on the street of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

"Why is your dad on that street?" Chen Lina said.

Xiao Nie said, "I don't know either. He insisted on going."

I drove to the Foreign Education Department Street, and when I reached the end of the street, I saw the worker standing on the side of the road.

There were only two rows of seats at the front of the car, filled with women and children. The laborer saw them and said nothing, but simply climbed into the back car and sat in the back car.

"Dongzhimen will be closed in half an hour. Please advise vehicles to detour. Please advise vehicles to detour." A voice came from the intercom, and Dandan immediately said, "Mom, hurry up, hurry to Dongzhimen now, there is still time."

As long as you get to the street and run fast, it will be easy to leave the city.

It has to be said that the Xinjiang walkie-talkie with the same frequency band really saved Chen Lina. Because of it, she knew which road was blocked, which road had police officers, and which road was passable again.

"Su Xiangdong, wake up, Su Xiangdong, can you hear me?" Anna was kneeling on the floor in the back row, patting Su Xiangdong's face.

Su Xiangdong had just woken up, but he was probably injured by a kick and fell into coma again.

After Anna called him for a long time, he finally opened his eyes and said, "Huh?"

"Are you okay? Would you like some water?" Anna said.

Chen Lina saw the Jianlibao left by the driver of the clothing factory in front of her and quickly threw it over. "Give him some of this, I think he will feel better."

Drivers use Jianlibao to stay alert.

Anna was better at taking care of him than Lengqi. She didn't help Su Xiangdong up to give him water directly. Instead, she poured the drink into the bottle cap and moistened his lips little by little.

In addition to being beaten, Su Xiangdong was more hungry.

He has been in Beijing for a week, and during this week he has not eaten much.

After licking the bottle and drinking it twice, he exhaled a long breath and said, "Drive to Hohhot."

"Ah, I'm afraid we can't go there. Not to mention that Jin Sheng is in Hongyan, he can just send someone to pick us up on the way. And Hong Jinbu's hometown is Hohhot." Chen Lina said.

Su Xiangdong took a long breath and said, "The evidence is in Hohhot."

Leng Qi was squeezed into a corner at the back, with Leng Feng sitting on one shoulder and Nie Weixing on the other. Well, only his nose was exposed so he could breathe.

It was time to leave the city, but unexpectedly, at this moment, we were stopped by the police.

Chen Lina's car had everything she wanted, so she wasn't afraid of being checked. However, there were two children sitting in the passenger seat, and there was a large crowd in the back, with a laborer lying in the back.

"Mom, do you want to force your way in?" Nie Weimin said.

Chen Lina shook her head quickly, "No, if we force our way in, we'll attract pursuers all the way. Don't you want to run on the road with a group of police chasing us with sirens blaring?"

Dandan had slowly slid under the seat, and the only person sitting in the passenger seat was Nie Weimin.

Chen Lina saw the policeman waving a small flag to signal her to stop from a distance, so she immediately started turning on her lights, slowing down, and pulling over.

After turning off the engine and firmly applying the handbrake, she cranked the handlebars and opened the window.

"Hello, comrade. Please get off the car for inspection." said the police.

Chen Lina said, "Okay, okay." She casually took out the pass that the driver had placed on the hood, as well as her driver's license and vehicle registration.

When she opened the door and got out of the car, she smiled and said to the policeman who was probably in his early twenties, "I am one of the first batch of people with a driver's license. Look at the photo. Am I beautiful?"

The worker at the back heard this and was shaking his head helplessly.

Because there was only one two-inch photo, Miss Chen spent a long time in the photo studio just to choose the most beautiful one.

Nowadays, there is only an A license. There are not many women with a driving license. Of course, the police will respect you for being able to drive a big car.

"Comrade, are you a professional truck driver? Most women can't drive this kind of car." The young policeman flipped through the driver's license and compared it with Chen Lina.

She quickly tied up her long hair and showed the other person how she looked with her hair tied up.

Chen Lina patted the truck with one hand and said, "I am the boss of this factory. This clothing factory is also one of the first enterprises to be privatized. So, you should call me Mr. Chen, or Manager Chen."

"So, what is Manager Chen going to do?" the young policeman said with a smile.

The police sincerely admired the fact that she could drive a truck, was a manager of a clothing factory, and was very beautiful. If it weren't for official duties, they would have whistled at her.

Chen Lina said, "Our clothes are selling really well in the city department store. If you have time, you can take your girlfriend there to shop. Just tell her my name, Chen Lina, and I guarantee the salesperson will give you a 20% discount, really."

We just had a glimpse of each other. When the guys hear this kind of nonsense in the future, they will probably laugh and think that this lady is lying to me.

But it was 1986, and people were simple after all. The young man touched his head and said, "I'm going. Can I meet you?"

"That depends on whether I'm back with the goods." Chen Lina smiled and waved her driver's license. "Then we'll meet again at the city department store."

"You just let them go like that?" Leng Qi, who had two children sitting on his head, was shocked. "Chen Lina, you are a liar, right? You just fooled our public security soldiers like this?"

Chen Lina said, "How is that possible?"

She was still handing out business cards even as she stepped on the accelerator. "City Department Store, Umayee Garment Factory's char counter. Remember to come find me."

The police officer took the business card, waved to his colleague who was blocking the road ahead and said, "This is a car with a mission. There is no problem. Let it pass."

Hong Jinbu's home.

"Leader, I was wrong. I shouldn't have let Su Xiangdong go for so long. Yes, I know you're going to retire soon, but I'm also at the most critical stage of my promotion. I didn't want to do this, but he just ran away."

The person on the other end of the phone asked in a deep voice, "Who did it?"

Hong Jinbu said, "Preliminary judgment is that it should be Nie Bozhao and his son. There are not many people in the capital who can carry guns. I checked the bullet number and it came from our autonomous region, the Umayyad mining area."

"No matter what the consequences, we must get the evidence and the money that Su Xiangdong hid. Otherwise, I can't retire and you can't think of getting promoted." With a click, the phone was hung up.

Hong Jinbu hung up the phone, then picked it up again and hurriedly made calls everywhere to listen to the reports from the public security department. Then, he contacted all the connections he could mobilize in Shanghai, Hongyan, and the border areas, set up checkpoints everywhere, and pursued and intercepted the criminals.

Moreover, when he heard that Chen Lina had left a son in Beijing, in Dazhalan, he immediately instructed his trusted subordinates, "Go, find someone to kidnap those children. If you have to, use those children as a threat. You don't have to worry about Nie Bozhao not handing over the evidence."

The subordinate, dressed in Liberation uniform and wearing glasses, did not dare to be negligent any longer and personally brought a few trusted men to Dazhalan.

Before entering the alley, he whispered, "Nie Bozhao's second son, Nie Weiguo, just returned from studying in the UK, he's a rock singer, and the other one is Hu Xuanang's stepson Li Mingcheng. You must keep a close eye on them and arrest these two."

His men nodded in unison, and Hei Qiang opened the safety gear directly. Taking advantage of the dark and windy night, they quietly slipped into the alley.

But what did they see when they entered the alley?

In the open space in front of the wool textile factory office, a lot of people gathered around a makeshift big light bulb. In the middle sat a young man wearing a long sweater and a crew cut, who was telling everyone about the origins of rock.

"We know that American folk songs were brought over by the British who first set foot on American soil, and Americans have an innate love for British music..." Nie Weiguo stood in the middle of the crowd and patiently spoke for a while, then played his guitar and sang again. "For example, in Lennon's song 'Yesterday', you can hear the rolling hills and leisurely life of Britain, which are exactly the British pastoral life that the new American aristocrats like the most, so it is so popular."

The man in the Jiefang suit stood outside the crowd and was completely stunned.

Because he saw several young police officers from the Municipal Public Security Bureau and several young police officers from the Dazhalan Police Station. They were probably off work and had changed into casual clothes. They were all squatting in the crowd, drinking tea from large cups and listening to Nie Weiguo's rock music.

How can this be called kidnapping?

Wearing Liberation uniforms, they stood in the crowd and listened for at least two hours as Nie Weiguo spoke and sang. Several police officers were enjoying it. Well, young people love rock music, and the police are also young people.

He wiped his face, turned around, and led his men away.

Chen Lina drove onto the provincial road, filled up a full tank of gas at a gas station, found a wooded area with many roads, and parked the car.

She fished out a license plate from under the seat and said, "Change the license plate, hurry up, you hold it while I tighten the screws."

"Mom, are you crazy? There is a military license plate on your car. Where did it come from?" Nie Weimin was stunned in shock because his mother had unscrewed her ordinary license plate and was replacing it with a military one.

"This is a bad thing, your children must not learn it. Besides, I was handing out business cards along the way just now, and our license plate has been exposed. We must change the license plate now," said Chen Lina.

"Where did it come from? If the military catches it, all of us in the car will be doomed."

After Chen Lina changed the front one, she pulled Xiao Nie to run behind. "Ji Huaishan gave it to me. In fact, this car was also withdrawn from the Laoye Temple Port by Ji Huaishan and his men. He sold it to me, but I have kept this set of military cards, just in case."

"You are doing bad things yourself, but you teach us to respect discipline and abide by the law." Nie Weimin said, looking around.

Chen Lina quickly changed the license plate, held the two civilian license plates in her arms, and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We need to rely on this license plate to drive to Hohhot."

Back in the car, well, this time the worker sat in the front and pushed all the kids to the back.

He said, "I have thought about it carefully. It's not just Hong Jinbu and Jin Sheng. There is someone above them. Do you know who it is?"

How could Chen Lina know this?

"It was the guy from the Ministry of Communist Industry who came to inspect our mining area and allocated money and policies to the mining area. Have you forgotten?" Su Xiangdong woke up at some point and said in a low voice.

His head was still in Anna's arms, and his two stinky feet, which had not been washed for many days, were on Leng Qi's head.

Leng Qi was different from Anna and Chen Lina, as he was genuinely happy that Su Xiangdong had woken up.

He was angry. "Su Xiangdong, you were fine originally, you are just pretending, right? You lie in my family's arms, are you so comfortable that you don't want to get up again?"

Anna said, "Leng Qi, shut up."

"I'm not shutting up. The guy from the Ministry of Communist Party, Jin Sheng, Hong Jinbu, Su Xiangdong, I also saw You Bu today. You were the one who supported him and made him a gangster, right? Really, I wanted to persuade Wei Min not to save you just now. Do you know how serious the drug problem is in Hongyan now? It's all caused by you bastards. In my opinion, why should I save you? You should let those people beat you to death."

"Leng Qi, don't provoke him anymore. We saved him for evidence. He knows this better than us. Of course, he also knows that if he dares to play tricks again, you will lynch him and kill him. Am I right?" Nie Gong said.

Leng Qi nodded his head and said, "Brother, if Su Xiangdong doesn't confess everything, I will really kill him in front of you."

Chen Lina is not as excited as Leng Qi, nor as calm as Nie Gong.

She now had only one mission, which was to drive this car with military license plates to Hohhot safely.

But I was hungry and sleepy. Besides, the two men in the car, Su Xiangdong and Leng Qi, were simply two sources of stench, which was so stinking that it was killing me.

The worker was sitting in the passenger seat when suddenly something suspicious happened. He peeled off a piece of candy wrapper and handed a chocolate to him.

"Ferrero?" Miss Chen took a bite and asked, "We don't have this stuff in our country, where did you get it from?"

When you bite open the crispy film of chocolate and hazelnut, you will find chocolate sauce mixed with cream inside. Miss Chen really likes to eat this.

The worker peeled another chocolate for Miss Chen and signaled her to keep her voice down. After all, Anna was sitting right behind her and it would be bad to deny her a piece of chocolate.

He said, "There was a man selling chocolates on the street near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I didn't buy anything the first time I passed by. But then I thought that after running such a long distance, you would be happy if you eat some chocolates, so I went there to buy some."

They were so expensive, three for five dollars. The worker didn't have much money in his pocket, so he only bought six in total.

"After eating, cheer up and drive. I'll accompany you." Nie Gong patted Miss Chen's hand and said.

It was 600 kilometers from the capital to Hohhot, and they didn't know what was waiting for them along the way. But no matter how long the journey was, with the laborer sitting beside her, Miss Chen would not feel tired.