258 Did you two make this trip in vain?

Ling Cong bit his back teeth, quickly adjusted his expression, and said calmly:

"Every stitch and thread is public property. We must protect it. Please go back."

Su Taotao looked around, ran over, picked up a large, clean leaf, put it on the hill beside the road, and sat down on it calmly.

He picked up a piece of dogtail grass and held it in his mouth, saying incoherently:

"Your leader assigned you the task of guarding the coconut grove, and my leader assigned me the task of surveying the terrain on the mountain.

If you don't let me go up the mountain, I can't force my way in, so I have to see who is more powerful, your leader or mine, and whose words are more effective."

"You..." The guard didn't expect that Su Taotao, who looked so good, could be so shameless.

"What?" Su Taotao raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "Could it be that this sandy land is also under your jurisdiction, and you won't even let me sit on it?"

Ling Cong stopped the person guarding the road and winked at him.

"Please do as you please. We are going to get busy now."

Then he made a "go" gesture to the men he brought with him and hurried up the mountain.

Su Taotao looked at their backs and smiled.

There must be a ghost on this hill.

"Brother Dong, please go explore and see if there are other ways up the mountain and whether there are people guarding it."

Su Taotao sighed: "My damn curiosity, the more they don't want me to go up the mountain, the more I want to go up. What can I do?"

The road guard had a disdainful expression and sneered in his heart. This is the only way up the mountain in the open. If you can find the secret passage, I will take your surname.

Dong Shengping was worried about Su Taotao and shook his head: "Let Lao Gao send someone. I'll be here."

Su Taotao knew that he was worried about her staying here alone, so she stood up and said, "Let's go. I'll go with you."

They had just walked away when the guard blew the whistle again. This time it was not just one whistle, but a rhythmic mix of long and short whistles. Even if it was not a conversation, it was definitely some kind of agreed-upon signal.

Su Taotao turned around, raised her hands to cover her eyes, and looked up the mountain, but could not see anything unusual:

"It seems like there are a lot of secrets hidden on this mountain."

Dong Shengping said: "There must be something wrong. There must be more than one road on this mountain. There may even be secret passages."

Su Taotao nodded: "A cunning rabbit has three burrows. The bigger the secrets hidden here, the more escape routes it has.

This mountain is not big, but it is not small either. They are numerous and powerful. There is nothing we can do. Let's just wait and see what happens."

Dong Shengping was worried: "It will take at least an hour for Xiaolu to come and go. It's enough time for them to sneak into Chencang. We can't just do nothing, right?"

Su Taotao: "Even if he secretly plotted against Chen Cang, we two can't stop him."

Dong Shengping said, "I will go explore the way and reduce their patrol time. You stay here and I will go and take a look."

Su Taotao: "Did you see the look on the guard's face? I was just testing the waters when I said that. He was sure we wouldn't find anything down there, and even if we did, we wouldn't be able to do anything."

Su Taotao raised her hand and looked at her watch: "Let's go and borrow Lao Gao's car. We'll drive around the mountain."

Su Taotao did not tell Lao Gao what happened here, she just said that Xiao Lu drove their car to do something and needed to borrow his car to go around.

Lao Gao naturally agreed.

Su Taotao drove the car and Dong Shengping sat as the co-pilot.

A loud whistle sounded.

Su Taotao glanced at the road guard in the rearview mirror: "He's spreading the news again. I'm really getting more and more curious about this mountain."

"Drive slower so I can watch more carefully."

Su Taotao concentrated on driving, driving very slowly along the side of the mountain.

"Brother Dong, if the guard is guarding the Mingxiu trestle, and if there is any cargo that needs to be transported, would it be better if the 'Chencang' is as close to the highway or the dock as possible?"

Dong Shengping looked at the road across the street and nodded: "The other exit may be just across the road, and the pier is a few hundred meters east."

Su Taotao said: "Yes, but even if we guessed it, we don't need to look, just let them see us walking around the hill.

If there is nothing unusual around the mountain, it will prove our idea. Secondly, we can make smoke bombs to lower their guard."

Dong Shengping also meant this.

The two of them walked around the top of the mountain slowly twice, and sure enough, they didn't find anything unusual.

They returned to the intersection and saw the guard smoking a pipe.

Seeing them come back again, they looked calm and composed, as if saying "everything is within my expectations".

"You two have come here for nothing, haven't you?"

Su Taotao sat back on the stone and shook her head: "I can't find it. Oh, I really don't believe it. Is there really only one way up this huge mountain?"

The guard took a deep puff of his cigarette and said with a half-smile: "Believe it or not, if you don't believe it, just keep looking."

Su Taotao wanted to say something.

There came the sound of rolling wheels—

Xiaolu is back!

There was more than one.

The guard reacted quickly and was about to throw away the cigarette pipe and blow the whistle.

Dong Shengping, who had been staring at him, was faster than him. He raised his leg and kicked his hand that was reaching for the whistle, knocking him to the ground.

Su Taotao took a few steps forward, knelt on one knee, held his hand with one hand, and covered his mouth with the other.

Dong Shengping quickly held his other hand: "Behave yourself!"

The guard could neither blow the whistle nor shout, so he could only struggle and make the sound of "wuwuwu" non-stop.

Xiao Lu not only brought the secretary, but also people from the public security and armed forces, including the head of the armed forces.

Su Taotao lowered her voice and said, "Quick, handcuff him. He will blow the whistle to alert others."

The well-trained police officers immediately stepped forward to interrogate the man and at the same time found something to gag the mouth of the passerby.

Secretary Zhao naturally recognized Su Taotao. They had just discussed opening a factory not long ago. However, he did not expect that she was both civil and military. Her skillful skills just now stunned him.

"Director Su is very skilled. What's going on here?"

Su Taotao simply recounted what happened, and finally said:

"There is most likely something wrong with this hill, but I'm not sure what the problem is.

The team that showed up earlier were all martial artists, and it was obvious at first glance that they were well-trained.

In addition, Brother Dong and I just walked around the mountain twice, and we really didn’t find any other exit.

We speculated that they might have built the secret passage across the street or closer to the pier.

We didn't dare to make any alarm, you can send someone to take a look."

Secretary Zhao nodded and said, "It seems that there is indeed a problem. We did not send anyone to guard the entrance. We do have forest rangers, but their number is far less than that. If it is a spontaneous act, it would explain the problem even more.

Minister Chen, you understand the situation, I leave this to you to command."

The Minister of Armed Forces nodded: "Okay, Secretary Zhao."

Minister Chen said to the head of the police, "Zhang Wei, I'll leave the road to you, including the exit they just mentioned. I'll lead the people into the mountains."

Minister Chen said this and made a gesture.

The well-trained military followed closely behind.

Minister Chen was actually very puzzled, because normally in situations like this the police station would just send a police team to handle it, and there would be no need for their armed forces at all.

Until he saw Dong Shengping was also here, he nodded to Dong Shengping and paid more attention to him.

The police officer sent over was also an acquaintance. He was the one who was in charge of handling the last time Dongdong was almost kidnapped.

Anyone who had dealt with Su Taotao's family would never forget them, so he naturally recognized Su Taotao: "Comrade Su, long time no see."

Su Taotao didn't expect it to be such a coincidence: "Comrade Public Security, long time no see."

Su Taotao pointed to the road across the street and said, "Brother Dong and I can take two police officers to patrol the area around the mountain, looking for entrances and exits and secret passages. You can arrange it."

"I'll follow your car," said Secretary Zhao.

"And me!" Xiao Lu was afraid that Su Taotao would abandon him.

Zhang Gongan was very convinced of Su Taotao. He had just seen her fight with Dong Shengping, so he had no objection and only said:

"You must also pay attention to safety and try not to get off the bus unless necessary."

Su Taotao nodded: "I won't get out of the car. I'll be responsible for driving."

Zhang Gongan: "..." Shocked, did he hear it right? She can drive?

Secretary Zhao was also shocked. He thought Xiao Lu was driving.

Such a big scene naturally alarmed Lao Gao and his team. He came over with his assistant and surveyor:

"Director Su, what happened?"

The armed forces and the public security were dispatched at the same time.

Su Taotao said, "It's hard to explain right away. You guys go back first. We can talk about the measurement after this matter is over."

Seeing how serious she was, Lao Gao was speechless for a moment.

After a while, he said, "Is it so serious? Then let's go together."

Su Taotao shook her head and said, "I can't tell you anything. Anyway, you guys should go back and wait for my notification."

Lao Gao: “This…”

Su Taotao: "They are both powerless. What if they are captured and taken hostage? You should not stay here and cause trouble."

Surveyor and assistant: "..." Although you can drive, you look even weaker than us. What right do you have to say that about us?

Su Taotao originally wanted to chase Xiao Lu away, but she knew she couldn't do it, and since this boy was smart, she gave up.

Lao Gao had no choice but to take his men and leave.

When I left, I was still hesitating whether to call the base and inform Engineer Fu.

Su Taotao had a strong idea and he couldn't persuade her, so he had to inform Engineer Fu.

Thinking of this, Lao Gao made up his mind to inform Mr. Fu as soon as he left here.

Public Security Zhang sent people to guard the exit, and he personally led people to look for the secret passage across the street.

"Why not let Xiao Lu drive and you sit as the passenger?" Secretary Zhao suggested.

Su Taotao shook her head: "I'll open it."

After saying that, he got into the driver's seat, took two police officers, Dong Shengping, Secretary Zhao and Xiao Lu, and started patrolling in the jeep.

Secretary Zhao was so amazed at Su Taotao's skillful driving skills that he was speechless.

There is no impenetrable wall in this world.

Secretary Zhao did not dispatch the armed forces and the public security at the same time just based on Su Taotao's one-sided statement.

Some of these rumors may not be groundless.

In fact, he had wanted to come here to find out for a long time.

It's a pity that there is no excuse.

Fortunately, Su Taotao was present today. If it were someone else, it is hard to say whether they could discover the situation or dare to wade into this muddy water.

Secretary Zhao looked at the peaceful coconut grove under the blue sky and white clouds. He also wanted to go up the mountain to see what was hidden in the coconut grove.