Chapter 31: Night Battle

  Lu Yufeng climbed down the tree and called us together, lowering his voice to say, "Three suspicious men are coming from afar, let's hide for now and act when the time is right."

  I was taken aback and didn't understand what he said, thinking to myself that three old men were coming over, so what's the big deal? But then I thought about it again, people who wander around in a desolate mountainous area at midnight can't be good people.

  It just so happened that there was a very high bush beside us, and the two of us hid in it together. I looked at this cover and secretly felt pleased with myself, thinking that we had really good luck.

  But I ignored Panzi, this despicable beast, and didn't know what was wrong with him. Suddenly, he let out a silent fart, and the stench was unbearable. It made me and A Feng feel like we were being smoked, and even pinching our noses couldn't alleviate the discomfort.

  We couldn't run out at that time and could only endure bitterly. After about a minute, the three of them appeared within my field of vision.

  They were all dressed in black, wearing a woolen hat and covering their faces with stockings.

  In prison, I heard others say that this desolate place, although rarely visited by people, is an ideal place for bandits and robbers to dispose of their loot and hide their goods. These two guys in front of me must have put all the stolen stuff in that mound over there, they just got dressed up and were about to go out and get rich.

  I looked at Ah Feng, waiting for his order.

  If it were an ordinary person in this scenario, they would definitely be a bit disordered, but Panzi and I have some experience with siege warfare. When the three men came to our front, Afeng shouted "Take action" after which we two rushed towards the opposite direction.

  With this, Lu Yifeng is in front and we two are behind, it can be said that the three of them have been thoroughly surrounded.

  There were three of them, one was a tall and burly man who looked like their leader. He gazed at us coldly and asked, "Who are you?"

  I wanted to answer first, but I choked on my words. I don't know how to put it nicely.

  Let's say we're informants, then it's obvious that we have a dog catching a mouse and meddling in other people's business; let's say we're enthusiastic citizens, but which enthusiastic citizen would squat here at night to catch robbers?

  Lu Yufeng deliberately avoided the topic and asked instead, "I see you two are obviously 'regulars' here. I have something I don't quite understand and was wondering if you could enlighten me."

  A Feng wanted to ask about the White Haired Ghost, but these three robbers were not interested in talking to us anymore.

  The tall guy was also quite stubborn, and after a few words, they started fighting. The three of them dispersed and engaged in one-on-one combat with us.

  My opponent was quite arrogant and made a gesture at me, telling me to go first.

  I look at him like this, and I secretly sneer in my heart. I think to myself: although I wasn't the top dog in prison before, I've never been taken advantage of when serving time. This kid is going to regret messing with me.

  I made up my mind to fight quickly and decisively, rushing forward to grab his wrist. As long as I twisted it, a back throw would surely capture him with one move.

  However, I underestimated him. He didn't resist and let me easily grab his wrist, but his strength was too great. When he exerted force, I felt that what I was holding wasn't a wrist, but an iron pincer.

  He dragged me up, twisted his waist and shouted, and actually threw me out.

  Pan Ziyu also faced the same predicament as me, being knocked out by his opponent. The two of us even collided face to face. This is great, just after one exchange, we both lost in succession.

  The two bandits stood in front of us, one in front and one behind, staring at us with a fierce gaze.

  I thought for a moment and realized that it was impossible to capture the enemy empty-handed, so I had to rely on my weapon. I turned my head and shouted at Panzi, "Get your guns!"

  We both took out the whips from our waists.

  I weighed the stick in my hand and regained some confidence, thinking that I would use the small hammer on the stick to knock them out soon.

  But I miscalculated again, or rather these two bandits are absolutely our nemesis. They also patted their waists and took out a pair of one-foot-long machetes.

  This machete still has a scabbard, and at first glance, it's a controlled knife. After they drew their knives, the blades were faintly shining.

  My heart is pounding and tears are falling, looking at this slap in the face, I suddenly feel weak.

  These two bandits didn't give us a chance to catch our breath, they walked towards us with their heads bowed, just waiting for the right moment to start killing.

  But we still have Lu Yu Feng, Ah Feng showed off his skills, he was originally entangled with the opponent, after discovering that our side was in crisis, he found an opportunity to retreat a few steps, exit the battle circle, and then raised his hand to point at each of these three people with his watch.

  A burst of laughter erupted, and the three of them all covered their necks and hummed, then knelt down one after another. I saw a flash on their necks, probably because they had been injected with something. Now I understood that Lu Yifeng's watch was actually a hidden weapon.

  There must have been anesthetics on the needles, and soon they all curled up on the ground and fell into a coma. Lu Yifeng took out his phone to contact the police and had us two tie up the robbers.

  We didn't bring any rope, so we had to pull out the bandits' belts and use them to tie their hands tightly.

  I thought these three were just ordinary robbers, but when the police arrived, especially since it was Cao Yuan who led the team, he looked at the three robbers as if they were treasures and told us, "They are also quite famous in the underworld of Longzhou, I heard they are apprentices of the Mandarin Duck Thief."

  I was surprised after listening, and also felt a bit relieved, thinking that it's no wonder these three goods have such fierce skills.

  Since we caught the thief and neither of us was sleepy, we followed this group of police back to the police station.

  Cao Yuan arranged for an overnight interrogation. Lu Yifeng, this special informant, also followed to join in the excitement, and he really had something to ask.

  I and Pan Zi could not enter the interrogation room, we can only watch from outside through the glass.

  Through the interrogation, Cao Yuan's ferocity and cunning as a detective were revealed. He would use any despicable trick, either secretly using an electric baton to shock the robbers' armpits or covering their faces with a wet handkerchief. Finally, he even pulled down the curtains for a while, and when they were opened again, I found that the leader of the robbers had a swollen cheek.

  After being tortured until dawn, the three bandits could no longer bear it and confessed.

  I really didn't expect that they would either not take any cases or take such a shocking one, and it turned out to be related to seven or eight robbery and theft cases. I glanced at Cao Yuan, who was busy writing notes, but I thought to myself, are these police capable or not? Seven or eight cases, if it weren't for the two of us rushing to catch the thieves, they wouldn't have been able to crack them!

  Moreover, these police were very careful. One of them saw me and Panzi eavesdropping outside the interrogation room, so he turned off the sound. As a result, I could only see the robber's mouth moving but couldn't hear what he was saying.

  I and Pan Zi had no choice but to go back to the conference room to rest. Before long, Lu Yifeng also came in.

  I saw him slightly excited, knew he must have found something, so I quickly handed him a cigarette, let him take two puffs, and then asked again.

  Lu Yifeng said, "According to the robbers' account, the Mandarin Duck thieves had just received a job offer and were given some money by someone to steal something. Originally, the Mandarin Duck thieves succeeded, but this man and woman had mentioned to the robbers that they had offended people they shouldn't have in this deal, and planned to leave town for a while. But before they could leave, both of them died."

  Then he looked at me and Panzi, very seriously asked a sentence, "Do you know who the person is that Mandarin Duck stole?"

  Panzi listened very seriously, but he really didn't think about it. Almost as soon as A Feng finished asking, he shook his head and said, "I don't know, who is it?"

  I suddenly thought of someone and asked Ah Feng, "Could it be Hei Ling Mei?"

  Lu Yifeng nodded to me and sighed, "It seems that my guess is still quite accurate. Hei Lingmei must be related to these murder cases, but we have no evidence and can't directly arrest him for questioning."

  I'm also getting a headache, but I'm even more curious, wondering what the Mandarin Duck thief stole after all. Moreover, Panzi and I have been to Hei Ling's house before, and apart from those three small dolls, there was nothing eye-catching.

  Lu Yifeng said his plan, since the black spirit medium has been set as a key investigation target, we should go all out and monitor him 24 hours a day. No matter how cunning the fox is, there will be a moment when it reveals its big tail.

  I agree with Lu Yifeng's idea and want to continue discussing the division of labor in the future, but suddenly my body went wrong.

  I also said it's no good, anyway looking at Ah Feng and the surrounding scenery, suddenly became dizzy, then two eyes went black, I fell on the conference table unconscious.