Chapter 9 The Ninth Knife

The two bandits drove the speedboat forward for another two miles, went ashore and walked a little further. Ah Shuai entered a forest and a shabby pickup truck drove out from it.

Liu Bo had long since worn off the effects of the anesthetic and woke up, so of course he followed suit.

As the night got darker and windier, he walked deeper and deeper into the distance, and burst into tears: "Madam, I'm sorry for you and the He family!"

Su Linlang stopped him from talking nonsense and asked Ah Shuai, "How do we leave?"

Ah Shuai pointed in the opposite direction: "The hostages are at the Hebei Reservoir, we need to go up the mountain."

Xu Tianxi was afraid that Su Linlang did not understand the terrain of the Hong Kong government, so he explained: "The Ho Pui Reservoir is located on Lotus Hill. It is a reservoir on a high mountain. Currently, another road is being renovated. This road should be the only way up and down."

Su Linlang looked up at the mountain. It was a deep mountain with only one road, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was a good place to hide hostages.

There were five people in total, but the carriage could only seat four, so Xu Tianxi wanted to throw Liu Bo into the back carriage.

Su Linlang asked him to ambush in the carriage and let Liu Bo sit as the co-pilot.

Xu Tianxi was a little worried: "Sister-in-law, Liu Bo can't be trusted. What if they form a partnership and harm you halfway?"

She is a woman and is accompanied by three thugs, one of whom is behind the steering wheel. Who knows if things might go wrong along the way.

Su Linlang had her reasons for letting Liu Bo sit as the co-pilot.

She didn't talk about this, but took out the watch that Ah Xia gave her, the watch that belonged to He Puting, and asked Xu Tianxi: "Is this watch very expensive? How much does it cost?"

Xu Tianxi took a look and said: "This is Patek Philippe, the price is about 100,000 francs."

Su Linlang had just arrived in a new place and had only a vague understanding of the exchange rate: "Are the franc and the Hong Kong dollar equal in exchange rate?"

Xu Tianxi took the watch and looked at it carefully against the car lights. He was surprised: "This is my cousin's watch. The old lady gave it to him. It is a custom-made model. It costs 250,000 francs, which is equivalent to 700,000 Hong Kong dollars."

He cried with joy: "Auntie, my cousin is still alive. We have really found him!"

Although he followed Su Linlang all the way and was loyal to her, he did not hold out hope for a rescue.

Kidnapping cases happen frequently in the Hong Kong government, and no one has been able to rescue the hostages from the kidnappers' den.

Not until he saw the watch that belonged to his cousin did he dare to be sure that under the leadership of his aunt, he could really rescue his cousin.

He was so excited that he could not express it in words. He stammered, "Auntie, you are so kind. Auntie, thank you!"

Su Linlang has a special memory about this watch.

…

Having said that, even though the He family was dissatisfied with her marriage, Su Linlang was born into a military family and was once a general. What she wanted was a free and open life to roam freely. How could she be willing to be bound by marriage?

It's just that since she traveled through time, the two souls had a long period of adjustment in her body. That period of time happened to be the time when He Puting went to the farm to find her and brought her back to the Hong Kong government. At that time, she was slow to react and could only say some "hmm" and "ah", unable to express her true opinions.

He Puting is a very nice person. After arriving in China, he couldn't speak the language, so he actively learned Mandarin. When he saw how poor the people in the farm were, he took off his suit and gave it away. He is not a rich young man, but a proper, high-quality young man from a wealthy family.

The He family would be furious if such an outstanding man married a northern girl.

Xu Wanxin was fine. Although she cried every day, she was a Buddhist and a lay Buddhist. She pretended not to see Su Linlang.

Although she started out as a pornographic film actor, Sun Linda, who earned a master's degree in business through her own unremitting efforts, felt very aggrieved.

After all, she knelt for three days and three nights with a big belly in order to enter the He family, which shows that the threshold of the He family is very high. However, Su Linlang is just a village girl, and a northern girl at that. Not only did she get in easily, but the old man also held a grand banquet and married her with great ceremony. How could Sun Linda feel good?

The day before yesterday, Su Linlang and He Pushing held their wedding.

At the wedding, she wore a watch with her dress. It was a pink watch with sparkling diamonds. It was a very cute watch. Su Linlang didn't know anything about watches, so the maid put it on for her, and she put it on.

But at the wedding scene, when Su Linlang was alone, she happened to run into Sun Linda, who was accompanied by a group of wealthy wives.

When Sun Linda saw the pink watch on Su Linlang's hand, she was shocked, then she started sobbing, and then she fainted.

There were many guests at the wedding, including the wives of several wealthy families in Hong Kong, including the Ji, Gu, and Lu families. They were all good friends with Sun Linda and gathered together.

As soon as everyone saw Su Linlang's watch, they understood the reason.

Pink with sparkling diamonds, it is a watch that the northern girls in Mong Kok must wear when soliciting customers.

Wearing a watch like that implies that she is in the sex trade, and men will naturally come forward to negotiate a deal.

In other words, Su Linlang was wearing a watch that prostitutes wore.

Now that's good. Although Sun Jiaqi repeatedly comforted Sun Linda, saying that Su Linlang had just come from the mainland and didn't understand, and it was not intentional.

But Sun Linda still fainted and woke up, crying uncontrollably, and a group of wealthy wives also spoke up for her.

Some even said, "Just because Linda had acted in a movie, Grandma He refused to marry her for 20 years. I thought the family tradition was so strict, but in the end, the eldest son married a northern girl. The He family really has a good family tradition!"

Su Linlang just couldn't speak, but she wasn't stupid. She couldn't express herself, so she just cried.

Yes, she was a killing machine, heartless and sexless. She tried to express her emotions, but after holding it in for a long time, she ended up crying.

Just then He Puting came back. He didn't say anything, but immediately helped her wipe her tears, took off the Patek Philippe watch on her wrist and put it on her, threw the other cheap pink watch into the trash can, then took her hand and left.

There were many people at the wedding and it was very noisy. Xu Wanxin claimed to be sick and refused to accept the tea. He Pushu kept following Su Linlang and making trouble. The Patek Philippe was later lost inexplicably.

Later that night, after He Puting discovered that the Patek Philippe watch was lost, he did not blame Su Linlang, but only said that the watch was very important and must be found.

He was originally going home in the same car with her, but he went back to the wedding venue to help her find her watch, so he took He Zhang's car and was shot.

Since the watch was in Ah Gui's hands, it proved that He Puting was kidnapped after he found the watch that night.

Su Linlang certainly knew that there was no true friendship in the marriage between wealthy families, and He Puting treated her like Xiao Bingyan, caring for her like an older brother treats his younger sister.

But she had to save him and return home safely.

After collecting the watch, she said, "Get in the car and pick up the people!"

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The road was narrow, the mountains were high, and the moss was wet. The tires of the old truck had no grip, so the truck was bumpy and slippery. Sitting in the truck, people were bouncing around, just like they were dancing.

After going up the mountain and walking down a distance, the fog gradually dissipated in the second half of the night, the bright moon hung high in the sky, and the shimmering water in the distance was the Hebei Pond. The car suddenly stopped.

There is a two-story building on the side of the road with a light on it, which looks like a sentry post.

As soon as the car stopped, two people came down from the small building. One of them was holding an AK and blocked the way: "Who?"

Ah Shuai rolled down the window and said, "It's me, your brother Shuai." Then he asked, "Brother Rong, have you been waiting for me anxiously?"

When it was dark, the guard saw four people in the car and thought they were the same four people, so he did not search it carefully.

The guard with the AK asked, "Brother, why did you come back so late?"

"I have things to do and I need to get supplies. Come on, have a cigarette, Marlboro Gold." Ah Shuai passed the cigarette through the window.

The man had a gun in his hand, but he didn't take the cigarette. He just waved and said, "Brother Rong has urged us several times. Go quickly."

As the car drove away, Su Linlang breathed a sigh of relief.

She had killed many people, but she did not like to kill indiscriminately and was a genuine peace-loving person.

After we passed the checkpoint, she said, "If there are two 30-round AKs at the checkpoint, there should be three in the gang's lair, right?"

Ah Shuai was stunned for a moment, and asked stupidly: "Auntie, how do you know the ratio of our weapons? Have you been to this place?"

"If your gang is a combat unit, the defensive ratio of three to two for heavy weapons is a normal operation. In addition, there should be six pistols in the bandit's lair, so there are a total of nine gun positions that we need to be wary of. Am I right?" Su Linlang made a casual analysis based on combat experience.

Ah Shuai was greatly shocked, thinking that this sister-in-law was too amazing, she could even calculate how many people and weapons were in the bandit's lair.

But with just her knife, can they really rescue the hostages?

He was horrified when he thought about the 3 automatic AKs and 7 pistols in the gang's den.

As they walked deeper and deeper into the forest, Liu Bo began to sob again: "Madam, I deserve to die. I can die here, but please don't anger my father."

Fear is contagious. Ah Shuai was frightened by Liu Bo's crying and couldn't help but say, "Auntie, my son is only two months old. How about this? I'll only take 30% of the money. Just let me go here and give me a chance to live, okay?"

His subordinate, Little Yellow Hair, was a fool, but he was quite obedient. He asked coldly, "Brother Shuai, we didn't even rescue the hostages, so why do you want to be paid?"

He then said, "Auntie, kill them both, and I'll take you to save people, but you have to give me all the one million. I want all the money."

He has little ability but a bad temper, and he can kill people as soon as he opens his mouth.

Ah Shuai was so angry that he almost jumped up: "Shuaizi, you are my little brother, and you betrayed me again and again, I will kill you and clean up the family!"

Internal strife before we even get to the destination?

Su Linlang looked around and started to curse: "What a bunch of idiots, you are cowardly and money-hungry. If you don't die, who will?"

What is more annoying than cruelty and inhumanity is greed, stupidity and cowardice.

The team Su Linlang is leading now is both stupid and unlucky.

However, as a general, no matter how good the soldiers are, you have to adapt to local conditions and the people, and the battle must be fought.

A good general can win a battle even if he leads a group of disabled people.

She opened her suitcase and gave Ah Shuai five stacks of cash, totaling 250,000 yuan, and two stacks of cash to Huang Mao, totaling 100,000 yuan.

Yes, the two thieves cried for money, and she gave it to them on the spot.

Now the two bandits brought Liu Bo with them, and all three of them were stunned.

Su Linlang said, "If you want to leave now, this is all I have. Get out of here right now. But if you are willing to help me, I will ensure that everyone gets out of the robbers' den safely. I will also give you the remaining money on the spot and ensure that you will not be prosecuted by the law in the future." After a pause, she said, "I am the eldest grandson's wife of the He family. I swear to heaven that I can go to the police station to testify for you!"

Just give them the money they want and are willing to let them go?

Liu Bo panicked, thinking that they would take the money and run away immediately. He was so anxious that his scalp was numb. But Ah Shuai was silent for a moment and then said, "Auntie, I'll accompany you!"

Huang Mao also raised his hand: "Sister-in-law, I will accompany you to the end."

"The hostages have been rescued safely, and you have been cleared of all charges." Su Linlang looked around: "In the future, brothers are not allowed to kill each other. You must love peace, care for your brothers, and be loyal to each other in order to walk in the world. Do you understand?"

"Auntie, we will listen to you in everything." The two bandits said as they stuffed the money into their trouser pockets. Each of them had two bulging bags.

Liu Bo was confused again, wondering why these gangsters were so fickle and why they were suddenly not afraid anymore?

A Shuai wanted to take the 300,000 yuan and run away, but Su Linlang directly gave him 250,000 yuan and asked him to leave. However, he refused to leave. Why?

Liu Bo was stupid and couldn't figure it out.

The reason is that everyone is greedy for money, and no one will complain about having too much money.

Moreover, kidnappers always hope to be able to clear their names, and Su Linlang's style of doing things happened to make the two bandits feel that she is trustworthy. So for the remaining money, they are willing to continue to follow her and fight together.

After a long silence, Liu Bo suddenly sobbed, "Madam, I will help you block the bullets, really!"

"Shut up!" the other three yelled at him at the same time.

…

The car stopped in front of a pond.

There is a yard opposite the pond. There is a building in the yard and there is a strong smell of chicken shit.

This is where Young Master He is hiding, a chicken farm located deep in the mountains.

Let's talk about the outside first. When he felt the car stop, Xu Tianxi, who was lying in the carriage, quietly lifted the curtain and saw that the car had entered the yard. There was a three-story building in the yard, with seven or eight rooms on each floor. Four strong men were standing outside the door of a room on the second floor. There was also a room on the first floor with lights on, and four people were guarding outside.

Judging from the defensive situation, his cousin should be on the first floor, or in a guarded room on the second floor.

The four people in the carriage had already gotten off, and someone was coming towards this side of the carriage.

Xu Tianxi felt someone lifting the curtain covering him, so he quickly raised his gun and aimed. When he saw that it was Su Linlang, he quickly put away his gun.

Su Linlang motioned for Huangmao to carry the things, and whispered to Xu Tianxi: "Is the one with the BMW logo on his car called Beile?"

Xu Tianxi nodded silently: Yes.

Su Linlang picked up a large bag of medical supplies and said, "There is a Beile car at two o'clock in front of this car. We will fight with the kidnappers in a while. When the time comes, you can hide next to the Beile car and wait. I will find the key to the Beile car and give it to you. No matter how we fight, you must not act rashly. After we have all retreated and the kidnappers have chased us out, drive this car to follow us the whole way and be ready to pull in and change cars at any time."

This is a complete retreat plan that Su Linlang had just planned after observing the terrain.

Xu Tianxi was almost scared to death, but when he heard that his sister-in-law had even planned the pick-up and change of vehicles after the retreat, he felt a lot more at ease.

He didn't know that this sister-in-law had a general in her soul. He thought that her strength came from her growth environment in the mainland and the education of her retired soldier father. He developed a sense of respect for the PLA soldiers in the mainland.

Just think, if the daughter of a retired regiment commander is so fierce, how fierce must the current PLA soldiers be?

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The gang is a particularly large group, and this chicken farm is just a temporary lair of the gang, which was rented specifically to hide Mr. He.

The gang's second in command, Brother Arong, was in a room on the first floor, leaning against a Marlboro refrigerator, holding a mobile phone in one hand and a cigar in the other. He was listening to Brother Aqiang's instructions on the phone. After listening for a while, he said, "Okay, Brother Qiang, we'll transfer the hostages right away."

I don't know what Aqiang said on the other end of the phone. He flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said, "The victim is seriously injured. If you chop off his hands and feet again, he will die. Give him some medicine and give him an IV drip first."

After hanging up the phone and checking the watch, he was feeling a little anxious when someone outside said, "Brother Rong, Ah Shuai is back."

Putting the half-smoked cigar on the refrigerator, he stood up and went out. He met Ah Shuai and complained, "It's almost dawn and you're not back until then. Where are the medicines?"

Ah Shuai stammered, "I've brought it back." He couldn't help being nervous.

"Did you deal with that northern girl from the He family?" Ah Rong asked casually, as if he was asking a chicken or an ant.

Ah Shuai still stuttered a little, his face pale: "Dealt with it."

Ah Rong grinned, looked at his men who had gathered around him, and said, "Ah Shuai has never been interested in women, but it seems he has had one today. The taste of a northern girl must be quite good."

Ah Shuai blushed, which was considered as admitting it.

Ah Rong did not doubt it and smiled knowingly: "What man is not lustful? You just have to get used to it."

There were seven or eight kidnappers upstairs and downstairs, and all of them smiled ambiguously at this moment.

And if Su Linlang does not wake up, she will be raped and killed, and sink to the sea forever. She will also bear the crime of kidnapping and traitor forever.

Ah Rong signaled his men to come and pick up the goods, and then asked Ah Shuai: "Does the truck have enough gas? We have to transfer the meat tickets quickly, so we can't do without enough gas."

The medicine happened to be in Su Linlang's hands. She was a woman, and although she was wearing a black T-shirt and had her head lowered, her figure could not deceive anyone.

The thug who came to pick up something noticed something was wrong with her and paused while raising his gun.

Ah Rong only took a quick glance and immediately realized something was wrong, but just as he was about to draw his gun, a silver light flashed towards the kidnapper holding the AK. As he saw the AK and his hand flying, the silver light flashed again, and accompanied by a sharp scream from his subordinate, the bloody silver knife was already around his neck.

She first cut off the hand of a thug, and then used the knife to point at Ah Rong. Her movements were as fast as a flash of lightning, catching everyone off guard.

As the kidnapper who lost his hand wailed, the other kidnappers simultaneously went on alert. The area below was pitch black and full of gun barrels.

Ah Shuai immediately dodged behind Su Linlang. Huang Mao was inexperienced and was a little slow. He heard bangs and saw bullet holes all around his feet.

Su Linlang retreated while shouting: "We are from the Royal Hong Kong Police and the Flying Tigers. You have been surrounded. Hand over your guns and surrender immediately, or you will be killed without mercy!"

This was called a fake shot, but the kidnappers were really scared and all pointed their guns and looked outside.

Ah Shuai took advantage of the opportunity to quickly pick up the AK on the ground, threw away the bloody severed hand, and quickly locked onto a host position upstairs.

By the time the kidnappers realized they had been tricked and looked back, the triangle defense of weapons, killers, hostages, and Su Linlang was already in place.

She was about to retreat to the empty room on the first floor, but Ah Rong suddenly raised his hand and shouted, "Stop, Sir, the hostages are on the second floor. We surrender. I will take you upstairs to pick up the hostages."

Huang Mao also said, "Auntie, I have seen it. The hostages have indeed been kept on the second floor."

The hostages are on the second floor?

Currently, Su Linlang is in a blind spot, but if she goes up to the second floor, she will be exposed to the shooting range of the two AKs upstairs for nearly a minute, which is very dangerous.

Su Linlang said to A Rong, "Brother Rong, have your people bring the hostage downstairs for me."

There was a key around Rong's neck. He raised his hands and laughed stammeringly: "Sir, the key is in my hand. I have to go upstairs to unlock it."

So in order to save the hostages, she has to break through the fire blockade of two AKs?

While Su Linlang was hesitating, all the guns were aimed at her.

She was defending and thinking at the same time. There were two AKs on the second floor and a guard at the door of a room. It really looked like a place where hostages were held.

But there are also some wrong points. Ah Rong is the second in command of the gang and is definitely not a good person.

He surrendered too easily, which was unreasonable.

She broke into the bandits' lair to rescue people, using the same tactics that had killed the old master with her random punches, all thanks to her speed.

If the prediction is wrong and the hostages cannot be rescued, there is a possibility that they will be shot into a sieve by random gunfire.

Su Linlang, who has emotions, loves the farm dad, Xiao Bingyan, Old Lady He, and He Puting.

She liked Hong Kong and missed the farms in the mainland. She didn't want to die at this moment.

What should she do? Should she give it a try?

It was just a chance glance back that made her startled, because there was a freezer in the middle of the bright room on the first floor. The moment she turned her head, a cigar happened to fall out of the freezer.

Why did the cigars on the freezer roll down when no one was pushing the freezer?

Seeing her hesitation, Ah Rong's forehead was covered with sweat: "Ah... Sir, the hostages are really on the second floor, let's go." He added: "I will order them to stop shooting."

Su Linlang turned around to look at Ah Shuai and Huang Mao, nodded in agreement, and at the same time signaled them with her eyes to pick her up.

She seemed to be going upstairs, but the moment she turned around, she pushed Brother Rong towards the yellow-haired man, then rolled on the ground and shot upwards.

She had already spotted the gun position upstairs, and her shooting was accurate. With a loud bang, the kidnappers on the upper floor fell to the ground one after another, the outside lights were also broken, and the scene was full of flashes, and the sound of chickens and dogs barking could be heard.

While everyone was confused and playing ping-pong, Su Linlang had already rolled into the house and jumped onto the freezer.

Sure enough, one sound after another,

The sound of "dong dong" came from inside the freezer.

She opened the freezer and her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

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Facing a pair of blood-red, fiery, narrow phoenix eyes, Su Linlang breathed a sigh of relief.

She was right!

The hostages are in the freezer.

A small freezer, probably the shabbiest dwelling that Mr. He has ever lived in.